By Simon Quicke1 August 2008
In the security market the identification of a new threat is
something of a regular occurrence but the latest to be identified by Integralis
is something resellers should be warning customers about.
The security specialist has uncovered DNS cache poisoning
that works by rerouting web browser and email traffic to servers without the
security systems in place being aware of any problems.
Graham Jones, UK managing director at Integralis, said that
because of the growth of hosted services this sort of attack would have serious
repercussions
“With email and browser based ‘in the cloud’ applications
playing a major part in day-to-day business transactions, a security breach of
this kind could have catastrophic business and personal implications. Identity
Theft and Business Espionage are immediate threats and stolen competitive
information could be sold to the highest bidder,” he said.
He added that the security vulnerability had been found in the
control of the internet Domain Name System.
Players in the industry have been constantly warning of
increasing criminal activity with personal details in great demand.
Only yesterday Con Malon, EMEA Consumer Product Marketing Director at
Symantec, warned that the Olympics was going to be used as a cover for spam,
phising and other malware attacks.
He called for greater vigilance and said that even websites
that could appear to be reputable could be used in phising schemes.
