The month of June saw a host of Web-based attacks compromising legitimate Web sites.
One, dubbed “Nine Ball,” compromised more than 40,000 Web sites. Another attack injected a malicious script into large numbers of legitimate sites. Victims who access such tainted Web sites are infected with malware. Facebook has been hit repeatedly by cybercriminals. In May, a hacker cracked into Twitter’s internal administration system. What can be done about these attacks, and who’s policing the Web anyhow?
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Where Are the Cybercops?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 13, 2009 06:00 AMThe month of June saw a host of Web-based attacks compromising legitimate Web sites.
One, dubbed “Nine Ball,” compromised more than 40,000 Web sites. Another attack injected a malicious script into large numbers of legitimate sites. Victims who access such tainted Web sites are infected with malware. Facebook has been hit repeatedly by cybercriminals. In May, a hacker cracked into Twitter’s internal administration system. What can be done about these attacks, and who’s policing the Web anyhow?