A U.S.-based information security think tank has released a report detailing what it predicts will be <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/144950/Report_Hackers_to_Target_Web_._Mobile_RFID_Technologies_in_">the top five cyber threats in 2008.</A>

The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a group of Georgia Tech faculty members from its College of Computing, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, among other university entities, is a National Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education dedicated to researching and spreading the word about new and upcoming cyber threats. GTISC predicts that the following five cyber threats will increase and mature in 2008: Web 2.0 and Client-Side Attacks, targeted Messaging attacks, botnets, threats targeting Mobile Convergence, and threats to RFID Systems.