The SANS Institute, which tracks security trends and risk vulnerabilities, says hackers are using more zero-day attack methods and are being less discriminating on what they're aiming at in terms of applications. There has been three-fold spike in the number of attacks against Microsoft Office this year alone, though Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still a favorite target to hit as well. New popular targets are Excel and PowerPoint [1], and the security research firm says attacks on VoIP and Web-based applications are on the horizon.
For more on where hackers are heading:
- read the article [2] at Vnunet
Related Article: Humans the top security threat. Article [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercecio.com/story/powerpoint-virus-worthy-of-attention/2006-07-20
[2] http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2168774/zero-day-attacks-thrive-2006
[3] http://www.fiercecio.com/story/users-pose-biggest-security-threat/2006-11-15