WARLOCK

Security Incidents in 2008 and 2009

Hi Everyone, Sorry for the silence for couple of weeks, have been swamped with work ..anyway, here is something i would like to share with everyone, although we first presented this in a Web Jurist Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, I’d thought that it would benefit a lot of IT Professionals out there.. In 2008 : 67% percent [...]

Hi Everyone, Sorry for the silence for couple of weeks, have been swamped with work ..anyway, here is something i would like to share with everyone, although we first presented this in a Web Jurist Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, I’d thought that it would benefit a lot of IT Professionals out there..

In 2008 :

67% percent of the attacks in 2008 were “for profit” motivated.

Ideological hacking came second.

With 20%, good old SQL injections dominated as the most common techniques used in the attacks.

XSS finished 4th with 12 percent and the young and promising CSRF is still only seldom exploited out there and was included in the “others” group.

In 2009:

1. Bots will be the dominant issue for 2009

2. Web 2.0 services and sites will come under targeted attacks – XSS & CSRF

3. Social networking sites will continue to provide helpless victims.

4. Windows Vista will become a more appealing target to attackers.

5. Mobile Hacking – Blackberry & iPhone Hacking

6. Smarter malware – Obfuscation Techniques

7. Take advantage of opportunity – Corporate Espionage & Competitive Intelligence

8. Drive-by Pharming