Hackers utilise Web 2.0

12:05 25th September 2008

Hackers are using the latest Web 2.0 techniques to imbed malware into PDF and Flash files on the web, a security firm has revealed.

The web-specialist Finjan discovered disguised code embedded in HTML web pages on legitimate websites and also in rich-content files.

Finjan also disclosed that online advertisements and user-generated content on Web 2.0 websites are becoming popular methods for directing users to these malware-infected content files.

Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer of Finjan, said: "Multimedia applications have offered crimeware authors the opportunity to inject malicious code into rich-content files used by ads and user-generated content on Web 2.0 websites."

The term Web 2.0 describes changing trends in the use of internet technology. This concept has led to the development of web-based communities such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis and blogs.

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