Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks has warned.
In the first three months of this year, the firm blocked between 100 and
200 SQL injection attacks per day, according to its research. Since
April, that number has shot up to 8,000 a day.
"Global IT security spending will grow significantly this year,
according to a new report. The 2006 Global Information Security Survey
by analyst firm Accenture found that 50 per cent of US respondents said
they expect to spend more on security technology than last year, as did
57 per cent of respondents in India, 42 per cent in China and 25 per
cent in Europe.
The survey of 2,000 IT security professionals in eight countries also
highlighted ongoing concern about hackers, malicious coders, customer
data breaches and identity theft. However, the vast majority of
respondents think their companies are no more vulnerable than before or
about the same, which shows a higher level of confidence than in last
year's survey.