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Web Browsers Under Siege From Organized Crime
An anonymous reader writes "IBM has released the findings of the 2007 X-Force Security report, a group cataloging online-based threat since 1997. Their newest information details a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by online criminals. According to IBM, hackers are now stealing the identities and controlling the computers of consumers at 'a rate never before seen on the Internet'. 'The study finds that a complex and sophisticated criminal economy has developed to capitalize on Web vulnerabilities. Underground brokers are delivering tools to aid in obfuscation, or camouflaging attacks on browsers, so cybercriminals can avoid detection by security software. In 2006, only a small percentage of attackers employed camouflaging techniques, but this number soared to 80 percent during the first half of 2007.'"
The folks over here keep track of that sort of thing. You may want to speak with them.
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Here is the link to the source : http://www.iss.net/x-force_report_images/2008/index.html/
Rootkit Revealer (Windows). This was written by Mark Russinovich before he joined Microsoft.
Your looking for this for your SSH logs: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
It will automatically detect and block the attackers and optionally add them to a gobal block list.
... secure your web browser. Many browsers are not secure out of the box, which puts you at risk of attack.