Web server attcks & website defacements increase by 36%.Web server attacks and website defacements are up by 36% on last year with almost 400,000 attacks globally in 2004, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey by Infosecurity Europe and zone-h the independent server-side cybercrime cybercrime also known as computer crime Any use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. observatory. The report found that currently 2500 web servers are successfully hacked each day out of a total population of 45 million servers. This could increase to 80,000 hacks every day once VoiP/3G phones become commmonplace Zone-H's report is the most comprehensive survey on server side attacks and trends and gives a glimpse of what the future has in store. 'Once GSM telephone platforms are The report contains aggregated information small percentage of the top ten reports, it is the only new worm that has managed to break into the stronghold of old threats. First sighted in mid-April, Mytob-Z is a nasty piece of work--not only does it spread ferociously, but it plants a backdoor See trapdoor. Trojan horse See Trojan. Trojan Horse hollow horse concealed soldiers, enabling them to enter and capture Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] See : Deceit (application, security) Trojan horse which can be used by remote hackers to gain access and control over a victim's computer. The computer can them be spied spied v. Past tense and past participle of spy. upon or used to send spam or launch denial-of-service attacks. |
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