Web 2.0 sites - prime target for attacks, report | Tech News on ZDNet
September 16, 2009
Web 2.0 sites that allow users to create content, are increasingly used to carry out a wide range of attacks, according to a new security study.Released Tuesday, Websense's State of Internet Security, Q1 - Q2, 2009 report noted that attackers are focusing their attention on interactive Web 2.0 elements. Some 95 percent of user-generated comments on blogs, message boards and in chatrooms are either spam or malicious, the security vendor warned.
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