MrBrian
July 28th, 2008, 10:16 PM
Online threats materializing faster, study shows (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_threats;_ylt=A9G_RoH5eo5Iy9gATBUjtBAF)
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The IBM report found that the tools criminals use to generate their attacks — known as exploit code — are appearing online faster than before.
The time from vulnerability disclosure to the availability of exploit code or a working attack has typically been measured in days or even weeks as criminals try to get their arms around a newly discovered weakness.
But that gap has been shrinking quickly.
In Web browsers — an area heavily targeted by hackers — hacking exploits were available within a day after flaws were discovered 94 percent of the time, up from 79 percent in 2007, IBM's report said.
For all PC vulnerabilities, over 80 percent of the exploit code was released the same day — or even before — the holes were publicly disclosed. That's up from 70 percent last year, according to the IBM study. <-QUOTE}
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The IBM report found that the tools criminals use to generate their attacks — known as exploit code — are appearing online faster than before.
The time from vulnerability disclosure to the availability of exploit code or a working attack has typically been measured in days or even weeks as criminals try to get their arms around a newly discovered weakness.
But that gap has been shrinking quickly.
In Web browsers — an area heavily targeted by hackers — hacking exploits were available within a day after flaws were discovered 94 percent of the time, up from 79 percent in 2007, IBM's report said.
For all PC vulnerabilities, over 80 percent of the exploit code was released the same day — or even before — the holes were publicly disclosed. That's up from 70 percent last year, according to the IBM study. <-QUOTE}