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Firewalls, IDS/IPS, and anti-virus do not protect against attacks that come in via applications. According to Gartner, 75% of all attacks are via applications. AppRanger protects desktops and servers against such attacks.

28 March, 2008
Sophisticated attacks on servers.  ...Read the entire article

26 March, 2008
One trend that pops out is that attackers are increasingly laying off operating systems and exploiting applications instead.  ...Read the entire article

25 February, 2008
Wall Street Reports Increase In PC Intrusions In '07.  ...Read the entire article

25 February, 2008
U.S. financial institutions reported a sizable increase last year in the number of computer intrusions that led to online bank account takeovers and stolen funds.  ...Read the entire article

15 February, 2008
Digital photo frames can be a source of malware.  ...Read the entire article

12 February, 2008
Web browser under siege from organized crime. Using Web vulnerabilities, cybercriminals can infiltrate a user’s computers and steal their IDs and passwords or obtain personal information like credit card numbers, bank account information, and social security numbers.  ...Read the entire article

12 February, 2008
Is it time to consider PDF a threat? Hackers are using malicious banner ads as host for an infected PDF. The host then installs Trojan on user’s computer.  ...Read the entire article

11 February, 2008
New crimeware toolkit infects over 10,000 U.S. Websites. The latest in a genre of crimeware that threatens to turn highly trusted Websites into insidious traps for unwary visitors  ...Read the entire article

9 February, 2008
RealPlayer users held to ransom. Flaw in RealPlayer could be used to infect computers.  ...Read the entire article

24 January, 2008
Compromised servers infecting users. Website you visit regularly could get hacked and infect your computer with virus and other malware.  ...Read the entire article

23 January, 2008
Drive-by download menace spreading fast. Booby-trapped web pages infect unsuspecting users.  ...Read the entire article

11 January, 2008
Preinstalled malware on devices like digital picture frames can keep infecting your computer.  ...Read the entire article

31 December, 2008
Malware is evolving too fast for anti-virus applications.  ...Read the entire article

4 December, 2006
Malicious videos open dangerous attack vectors on corporate networks.
Videos from sites such as YouTube and MySpace have the potential to deliver malware that has been embedded inside video files.  ...Read the entire article

7 December, 2007
Hacking inside US military via phishing emails with malicious attachments.  ...Read the entire article

26 November, 2007
Virtualization at risk.  ...Read the entire article

3 October, 2007
A new approach to application attacks. Going to good site and you can still be hacked.  ...Read the entire article

21 September, 2007
Flaw in Adobe Acrobat can be used to launch an attack.
User has to only view a malicious pdf file.  ...Read the entire article

5 September, 2007
Popular consumer technologies becoming source of malware.  ...Read the entire article