What are some real-world examples of Web Browsing threats?
The following is a small sampling of recent incidents in which criminal hackers used the Web as a platform to distribute their wares: > In August 2007, researchers discovered a Trojan that was being delivered most often via phishing attack. The Trojan captured the identities of hundreds of thousands of people from job sites including Monster.com.1 > In April 2007, it was discovered that anyone who Googled the term “betterbusinessbureau” saw a sponsored link to “www.bbb.org.” Though that site is legitimate, a thief had purchased the sponsored link. Anyone who clicked on it was taken to a server in Russia, which captured sensitive data PC users typed on subsequent Web page forms they visited.2 > A security flaw on eBay in April 2007 enabled a scam in which consumers were unknowingly redirected to a spoofed eBay site and tricked into providing their personal information.3 > The Web sites of this year’s Super Bowl hosts the Miami Dolphins and Dolphin Stadium were hacked in January 2007. Th
