International Law

Cybersecurity menaces

Information Week analyses the top ten cubersecurity threats for 2008:

The SANS Institute on Monday released its take on the top 10 cybersecurity threats for 2008. Leading the list is a rise in the number of attacks on Web browsers, the proliferation of botnets, and sophisticated cyberespionage.

Twelve noted cybersecurity experts -- Stephen Northcutt, Ed Skoudis, Marc Sachs, Johannes Ullrich, Tom Liston, Eric Cole, Eugene Schultz, Rohit Dhamankar, Amit Yoran, Howard Schmidt, Will Pelgrin, and Alan Paller -- helped compile the list. Released in conjunction with the SANS Security 2008 conference in New Orleans, the list represents a collective assessment of the online attack vectors most likely to cause damage in the year ahead.

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Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on January 15, 2008 (boomark / email).