Attackers Focus on Web
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Political dirty tricksters in the United States are finding the Internet is fertile ground for launching attacks against opponents.  A growing number of political operatives are manipulating e-mail, videos and search engines to deceive voters, Politico.com reported.
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Recently disclosed security holes that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox could let attackers grab data via malicious Web sites.
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A critical flaw in the way that the AIM client displays Web-based graphics could be exploited by criminals to create a self-copying worm attack, experts warn.
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Copycats are keeping busy. Security researcher says the Net threat's source code is "hot stuff."
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During the course of this weekend, hackers found an ingenious way to attack Microsoftâs ubiquitous Internet Explorer: compromise an ad networkâs servers.
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Attacks against Web-services applications are expected to increase, analysts warn, and network security managers may not be prepared.
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Companies, governments, and individuals are increasingly vulnerable to Internet attacks by terrorists and hackers.
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Servers that managed global internet traffic have been subjected to a concerted attack by hackers.
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Security experts who study online financial fraud sayÃÂ criminals increasingly are targeting small, commercial Web sites, where anti-hacking measures can be weaker than those employed at larger sites.
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Richard Stiennon, Webroot vice president of threat research, said the increasing number of desktop search tools -- now coming out from Google, Yahoo, MSN and others -- may also be leveraged by attackers.
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Attackers can trick browsers into releasing password information.
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Denial-of-service attacks, which take down a Web resource, are used by digital blackmailers. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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By Ryan, Jim T  REGION  Exploitive ads proliferate on World Wide Web  Computer experts are advising companies and Web surfers to be wary about what they double-click on, even when visiting trusted sites.
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Security researchers are working to shut down a hacking attack targeting Internet banking users of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S. and Europe.
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Third-party fix plugs a recently discovered browser flaw that's increasingly being exploited in cyberattacks.
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An attack combining malicious codes on Web sites and end-user laziness could compromise millions of routers still configured with their out-of-the-box defaults.
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Attackers could attack Windows, launch a denial of service attack, or execute malicious code.