Top 15 most common attacks in IT security Posted by l33tdawg on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 03:59 AM (Reads: 439)

Source: SC Magazine (UK) The 15 most common attacks in 2009 have been detailed by Verizon Business. In its ‘An Anatomy of a Data Breach' report, its authors have tapped the company's detailed investigative records to identify, rank and profile the most common attacks. In total, the report details nearly 150 ways to detect and combat security threats. It listed the top five most common security attacks as: keylogging and spyware; backdoor or command/control; SQL injection; abuse of system access/privileges; and unauthorised access via default credentials.