- Nov 5, 2011
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Facebook and Dropbox sparked hackers' malware renaissance : http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2296461/facebook-and-dropbox-sparked-hackers-malware-renaissance
The failure of online services such as Facebook, Twitter and Dropbox, to adequately test their security before launching helped to ignite the current cybercrime boom, according to F-Secure.
F-Secure web reputation service expert Christine Bejerasco claimed the rise of online services such as Facebook led to a renaissance in cyber criminals' malware development and distribution practices, during a briefing attended by V3.
"The internet is becoming very dynamic. More than ten years ago it was mainly meant for consuming content. Malware during those times was pretty simple: they'd attack the website, load [malware] onto it so people would get infected. The problem during those times was that hosting was quite expensive, so there weren't a lot of malicious websites. Those days are gone," she said ..
The failure of online services such as Facebook, Twitter and Dropbox, to adequately test their security before launching helped to ignite the current cybercrime boom, according to F-Secure.
F-Secure web reputation service expert Christine Bejerasco claimed the rise of online services such as Facebook led to a renaissance in cyber criminals' malware development and distribution practices, during a briefing attended by V3.
"The internet is becoming very dynamic. More than ten years ago it was mainly meant for consuming content. Malware during those times was pretty simple: they'd attack the website, load [malware] onto it so people would get infected. The problem during those times was that hosting was quite expensive, so there weren't a lot of malicious websites. Those days are gone," she said ..
