Foreign Web Attacks Change Security Paradigm - PC World
Fri, Mar 13th, 2009
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Traditional security systems may be ineffective and become obsolete in warding off Web attacks launched by countries, according to Val Smith, founder of Attack Research. New attack trends include blog spam and SQL injections from Russia and China, Smith said during his talk at the Source Boston Security Showcase on Friday.
"Client-side attacks are where the paradigm is going," Smith said. "Monolithic security systems no longer work."
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