Spain: Attacks from hackers rise 210%

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http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=1531

15/02/2001

Cyberguardian, the Spanish internet security bank, has voiced its
concern at the rise in web server attacks during the first month of
this year. Javier Lorenzo, General Manager of Cyberguardian, said that
during the first six weeks, the number of hacked web sites of their
clients had risen by 210 per cent.

"If we sum up the results of a recent survey, which states that 56 per
cent of the hacked servers were running under the Windows NT platform
(the most used system in Spain), the situation becomes alarming," said
Lorenzo. "That is why it is absolutely necessary that all sectors
linked to internet development, i.e. Government, ISPs, telecom
operators, portals and e-commerce companies elaborate joint policies
to encourage the confidence of the user."

According to Cyberguardian, the increased need of businesses to widen
their range of online services has caused a proliferation of certain
technologies which aim to increase user interactivity (PHP, ASP, PERL
and JavaScript). Major programming and configuration errors have been
detected in these kind of technologies, which is the cause of many
security problems.

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