Malware: A new security concern

Filed in archive AJAX on June 27, 2006

In the recent years malware has become a professional phenomenon. Spoofing and Phishing are being used to get credit card information as well as other valuable information. Now a day's gangs operate professionally and are quite mature. Cyber criminals keep a track of people who turn to web applications for everyday jobs like payments, friendship and e-mail.

Microsoft Office and explorer are no longer the great sieves for malware developers, even big sites like eBay, Google and Yahoo are concerned about security. There has been an increase in the number of software that load through ostensible photo links. FaceTime Security lab has announced that there is a worm that has attacked user of the Orkut site. Well it seems to be the beginning and in months to come we will see an increase in the number of such incidents.

AJAX developers find that their sites have an ever increasing threat of attack. The new generation website owners can quickly patch their sites. There is no need for users to download specific patches.