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Web threats are any threat that uses the Internet to facilitate cyber crime.
Motivated by the lure of profits from the sale of stolen confidential information, cyber criminals today are shifting to the Web as their chosen attack vector, which provides an ideal environment for cyber crime. Many Web threats can be deployed unbeknownst to the user, requiring no additional action than merely opening a Web page. Large numbers of users, an assortment of technologies, and a complex network structure provide criminals with the targets, exploitable weaknesses, and anonymity required for large-scale fraud.
Web threats pose a broad range of risks, including financial damages, identity theft, loss of confidential business information, theft of network resources, damaged brand or personal reputation, and erosion of consumer confidence in e-commerce. These high stakes, the pervasive use of the Web, and the complexity of protecting against Web threats combine to form perhaps the greatest challenge to protecting personal and business information in a decade.
Web threats are more pervasive today and the fastest growing threat vector. Between the beginning of 2005 and the end of 2007, Trend Micro research tracked a growth in Web threats of 1564 percent.
Technologically sophisticated and comprising multiple components, these threats can spawn variants that number into the thousands.
For more detailed information:
- Download our Web threat survival guide
- Download our Web threat white paper
- Read our Web threat brochure
- Listen to our Web threat podcast
New Threat Protection Strategies Needed
Conventional malware mitigation approaches fail to effectively protect against Web threats. Businesses of all sizes, as well as service providers, need to now deploy solutions via an integrated, multi-layered approach to provide real-time, comprehensive protection against these threats.
Trend Micro Web Threat Protection solutions provide a multi-layered, multiple threat defense against Web threats that take advantage of the interactive nature of the Internet—protecting the user’s information in the Internet cloud, at the gateway, in the network, and on the endpoint.
For further information on Web threats, solutions and more, read the Trend Micro Web threat white paper, visit our Web security solution area and view our Web threat flash demo!
