Hackers infect Sony website
Monday, July 7, 2008
Computer hackers have breached network security and planted malicious code on Sony PlayStation webpages, according to reports.
Web security journal ITBusiness.ca has indicated that the attack - which occurred late last week - has since been fixed, although many more companies are still vulnerable to the exploit.
Known as an SQL injection, the IT security threat has ballooned in popularity in recent months, with thousands of legitimate business webpages compromised and transformed into facilities for spreading spyware viruses and other forms of malware.
Citing statistics from a web security vendor, the website noted: "There is now a new malware-infected web page every five seconds ... That's three times the rate of infection compared to last year."
Furthermore, 80 per cent of websites targeted belong to legitimate businesses.
Elsewhere, the Register has warned that phishing and pharming on large US jobsites has become a lucrative business for criminals, with new tools putting thousands of employees' personal and occupational details at risk.
Related News:
Estonian cyber criminal jailed for targeting web security - 3.12.2010
The author of the Allaple malware strain that targeted local insurance firms and scores of other websites recently received a prison sentence of nearly three years. Arthur Boiko, a 44-year-old man from Estonia, pled not guilty to the charges, but a jury found him guilty after prosecutors claimed he sought revenge against the insurance company that denied his claim.
Small businesses need stronger web security - 3.11.2010
Cyber criminals have increased efforts to target the bank accounts of small businesses because they frequently do not have the web security measures in place that larger companies do, according to David Nelson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
UK bankers struggle with online fraud - 3.11.2010
Online banking fraud cost bankers in the UK the equivalent of nearly $90 million in 2009, according business technology website Silicon.com.
Koobface changes as web security professionals prepare attack - 3.11.2010
As web security professionals attempt to take down Koobface, the cyber criminals that designed the malware strain have altered the virus to escape potential elimination, according the Register, a technology news website based in the UK.
Cyber criminals target web security with phony Windows update - 3.11.2010
As more people update from Windows Vista or Windows XP, cyber criminals have developed malware that takes advantage of people's desire to make the move, according to Computer Weekly.
|
