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.'"

Comments

Have you noticed this?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's the only job that Mexicans have not stole from young Americans..

I have the solution

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Firefox? Opera? Safari?

[Anonymous Coward]

Troll? I see the MS fanboyz are out in force--with mod points, no less.

Re:The minute that vulnerabilities were monitized.

[Lally Singh]

The wall has two words on it: DITCH WINDOWS.