Threat Monitor

From phishing threats to zero-day flaws, hackers have certainly developed many sophisticated ways to exploit vulnerabilities for their gain. And, as SearchSecurity.com's information security expert Ed Skoudis explains, new methods are constantly being discovered. In this podcast, Skoudis outlines 10 emerging malware trends and provides tools and tactics to defend against them.

From WMF exploits to the Veterans Affairs data breach, information security threats were plentiful in 2006. In this tip, contributor Joel Dubin reviews what grabbed the attention of hackers in the information security world in 2006 and explains how they set the tone for 2007.