Online attacks, spam, and sneaky cybercrime top list of year’s most common security issues.
Jeremy Kirk and Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 12:00 AM PST

Though Internet-crippling virus attacks now seem to be a thing of the past, PC users didn’t feel a lot more secure in 2006. That’s because online attacks have become more sneaky and professional, as a new breed of financially motivated cyber criminals has emerged as enemy number one. Microsoft patched more bugs than ever and whole new classes of flaws were discovered in kernel-level drivers, office suites and on widely used Web sites. Vendors’ chatter about security is at an all-time high, but the bad guys are still finding lots of places to attack.

And, oh yes, spam is back.

Following are five of the top computer security stories in 2006.

Cybercrime Dividends

Hackers teamed with professional criminal gangs in increasingly sophisticated computer crime operations aimed purely for profit.

Much of the trouble centered on phishing, a type of attack where fake Web pages are constructed to harvest log-in details, credit card numbers or other personal information. Credit card numbers are often sold online to others for illicit gain. Read more.

Great story and information, it�s time to say: �enough is enough� or scream out from the rooftops that We as an Internet family have to band together and force politicians, the Federal Government, and International leaders to make changes in how we treat Cyber Criminals.

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