The influential SANS Institute will introduce its annual
research this week outlining thinking on the latest threats to
affect consumers, companies and governments.
The group’s results, based on case studies that it has actually
seen or had reported rather than through surveys, usually serves as
a warning to users about new vulnerabilities in systems and
software that have emerged over the past year.
Last year, SANS caused a stir by reporting that instead of
operating systems being an attraction for hackers, the threat had
moved to utilities such as anti-virus or applications. It also
explained how organised crime was now providing the critical
impetus for an explosion in spyware and phishing attacks.
SANSs is expected to give details of how the ingenuity and
sophistication of attacks has now reached a point where security
specialists are struggling to keep up with the threats.
