Panda Security is reporting that over 500,000 IIS Servers may be infected with an IFrame vulnerability. The vulnerablity seeks to seeks to install malicious software on unpatched Microsoft computers.
Software made by Symantec is now capable of identifying over 1.2 million different computer threats. Many of these threats were created in 2007 by professional hackers targeting computer systems running Microsoft software.
Nearly 4.2 million credit and debit accounts were exposed at Hannaford supermarkets due to compromised checkout swipe machines. Also, the number of reported data breaches nationwide more than doubled vs 2007 Q1 (167 vs 76).
Hackers are now using VoIP (or telephone) technologies to scam computer users out of their account UserIDs and Passwords. This is done by tricking users into dialing a telephone number supplied by the hacker and then recording telphone keystrokes.
The dollar figure of online fraud complaints filed with the Internet Crime Complaint Center increased from $198.44 million in 2006 to $239.09 million in 2007. Auction fraud and non-delivery of goods/services were the leading areas of fraud.
