Web server hacks and Web site defacement are growing at a hefty pace, according to Zone-H, an Internet security monitoring group that released findings of a new study this week at the Infosecurity Europe 2005 event in London. Although it may often be seen as digital graffiti committed by so-called “script kiddies,” — lower level computer hackers who are motivated primarily by notoriety — server attacks and site defacements were up by 36 percent last year with an average of 2,500 out of 45 million Web servers successfully hacked every day, according to Zone-H.
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Report Shows Server Hacks, Site Defacement Growing
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 26, 2005 01:26 PMWeb server hacks and Web site defacement are growing at a hefty pace, according to Zone-H, an Internet security monitoring group that released findings of a new study this week at the Infosecurity Europe 2005 event in London. Although it may often be seen as digital graffiti committed by so-called “script kiddies,” — lower level computer hackers who are motivated primarily by notoriety — server attacks and site defacements were up by 36 percent last year with an average of 2,500 out of 45 million Web servers successfully hacked every day, according to Zone-H.