20 goals were hacked by hackers in 2006

Microsoft's IE browser inevitably accounts for one of the top 20 targets targeted by hackers.

SANS Security Research Institute said that in addition to Internet Explorer, Microsoft also has many other "representatives" to join this list of no fun. " Microsoft Office and Windows Libraries & Services are the applications with the most holes and loopholes today ."

Even so, Microsoft is not alone in SANS 'annual list. Apple's Mac OS X operating system also contributes and does not exclude the open source Unix operating system, due to "configuration weaknesses".

Source: infotech In fact, the 2006 list is 20 Top targeted targets, even though SANS previously named this report the 20 most dangerous Internet security vulnerabilities. This report was written by SANS members and the world's leading security experts, to point out which features in applications / networks may be exploited by an attacker.

According to SANS, 2006 witnessed the emergence of some new security risks. " We have encountered many zero-day vulnerabilities this year.

Next up is the number of attacks on high-end Web applications and eventually spear-phishing attacks will continue to explode from Asia and Eastern Europe. (Spear-phishing is a form of attack that guys The attack creates an internal message spoofing message (of an organization / business), sending it to a specific group of people within that organization or business.

In addition, Web applications, P2P file sharing software, media software, VoIP phones and users themselves are also easily targeted by hackers.

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