Web Services Increasingly Under Attack

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: June 24, 2006 1:30:52 AM EDT
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Subject: Web Services Increasingly Under Attack


      Web Services Increasingly Under Attack
      - Jun 23, 2006 09:31 PM (AP Online)

By DAN GOODIN AP Technology Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As more people turn to Web applications for
everyday tasks like e-mail, friendship and payments, cyber criminals
are following them in search of bank account details and other
valuable data, security researchers said.


Users of Yahoo Inc.'s e-mail service, Google Inc.'s Orkut social
networking site and eBay Inc.'s PayPal online payment service were
among the targets of attacks in recent weeks. All three companies
have acknowledged and plugged the security holes.


The attacks come as Microsoft Corp., whose Windows operating system
runs about 90 percent of the world's computers, has plugged many of
the most easily exploited holes in its e-mail program, browser and
other products following dozens of embarrassing breaches over the
past several years.


They also come amid the growing popularity of online communities such
as MySpace.com and of Web-based calendar, messaging and other
services offered by Google, Yahoo and others.


As larger audiences flock to Web sites that run on ever more powerful
programming scripts, malware writers are finding them fertile ground.

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      - http://www.quote.com/home/news/story.asp?story=59357772



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