H2, 2005 Security Trend Report

Date:03.01.2006

Threat Type: Information Alert

Today we announced the release of the 2005 Semi-Annual Web Security Trends Report issued by Websense® Security Labs(TM). The new report summarizes findings for the second half of 2005 and presents projections for the upcoming year. In the second half of 2005, Websense Security Labs was successful in identifying and mitigating several new high profile exploits. We were the first to discover the Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF) vulnerability being exploited in the wild, and we uncovered websites hosting code that attacks a vulnerability within the Sony BMG Music Entertainment copy protection uninstall program.

The full report is available for download at: http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/docs/WebsenseSecurityLabs20052H_Report.pdf