May 30, 2008

What are the top security threats today?

Today more than ever computer users are in need of making sure that their computer systems are secure and safe, otherwise the consequences can be a nightmare for the users who fall under the spell of the latest security threat.

At the moment the top ten computer security threats are:

Trusted websites
Web browser and browser plug-in vulnerabilities
The end user
Removable media drives
Phishing
Bot Nets
Keystroke loggers
Multistage attacks
Spyware
Spam

As the threats become more cunning people are still being fooled, and it makes no difference how secure a user may feel their system is, one mistake and the computers a zombie working for someone else.

Source [The Globe and Mail]