Sunday, November 20, 2005

Analysts Warn that Hackers Are Turning to Client Apps

Paul F. Roberts writes in eWeek:

IT administrators who are inclined to dismiss the dust storm that has blown up over Sony BMG Music Entertainment's digital rights management root kit might want to reconsider.

Vulnerabilities in Web and client/server applications are becoming the new battleground in the war against malicious hackers, as holes in network perimeters and Web servers become harder to find and exploit.

That's the good news, but shoring up applications against security vulnerabilities will be harder than plugging holes in Web servers or network firewalls, security experts agree.

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