Web security firm Websensehas
predicted the topsecurity threatsfor
2008.
It says threats associated with the Chinese Olympics, online
advertisements, the iPhone and
Web 2.0 apps are among the top areas that hackers will be
focusing on, as well as the new concept of "vishing".
The wider use of Apple Macs and iPhones will generate new
attacks by the hackers, said Websense. What was described as the
first serious Trojan virus for the Mac OS appeared last month.
Special interest groups that fall within a certain age group,
wealth bracket, or people with particular purchasing habits, will
also become targets of Web 2.0 attacks.
Malicious spam techniques will invade blogs, search engines,
forums and websites, said Wensense, with hackers increasingly
posting URLs to malicious sites.
"Vishing" techniques will also start to be widely used by
attackers. Vishing is the practice of using social engineering and
Voice over IP (VoIP) networks to gain personal and financial
information, just like phishing has been spread using e-mail
networks.
Users will increasingly receive automated voice calls on their
lines trying to get them to input information through their
telephones, said Websense.