Sophos White Paper Sample

With one new web page infected every 4.5 seconds, the web is now the number one vector of attack for cybercriminals.

Taking advantage of web infrastructure vulnerabilities, particularly the ever-increasing capability for user-submitted content, hackers are able to covertly inject malicious code into more and more legitimate sites. This web-based malware is then able to exploit social engineering tactics or browser vulnerabilities to infect visitors, the intention being to surreptitiously steal confidential information directly, install further malicious code or, worse, silently recruit the host system into a botnet – a network of hijacked computers for distributing further malware, spyware, or spam…