cyber fraud

Last week was a week of numerous discoveries of high-profile web vulnerabilities, with discoveries of careless bugs on the sites of three British companies, says the Register. Hackers published the screenshots and other details of online banking sites for HSBC and Barclays Group and the website for The Telegraph that showed all three were susceptible to attacks that could compromise the security of people who visit the properties.

According to a new report held by VeriSign iDefense Security Intelligence Services the year 2008 was determined as a time when security threats and malicious activity reached a tipping point. This report also covered several issues. It showed that attacks on critical Infrastructure Systems and Cyber Warfare will increase in 2009. The 2008's most serious security threats were analyzed and new trends and security disruptors were predicted.