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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:34 am Post subject: Cyber-Criminals Co-Opting Trusted Sites into Attacks |
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Cyber-criminals are launching more of their attacks from legitimate Websites and services, according to a report from Blue Coat Systems.
In the 2010 Blue Coat Annual Web Security Report, security researchers examined Web behavior, types of malware users most often saw and top 10 attack vectors in the past year. Researchers also examined some of the biggest security events of the year, including Stuxnet, WikiLeaks, Zeus Trojan, mobile security, malvertising, phishing and social network attacks.
While much of the report, released Feb. 23, focused on Internet threats facing individual users, researchers found that cyber-criminals are willing to risk attacking organizations with highly secured applications if they thought the result would be lucrative.
Cyber-criminals are hacking and compromising legitimate sites that have good security reputations to launch their attacks, the report said. Instead of using free domains or sites that are known to host questionable content, attackers are taking the time to co-opt trusted sites to host malware and other malicious content, the researchers found.
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