
Websense has issued its <A HREF="http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=7299">annual security predictions for 2008</A>--with content-based threats topping the list. Specifically, the Websense Security Labs expects: the Olympics will spur a flurry of hacker activity such as compromises of popular Olympic news or other sports sites; hackers will leverage the increased adoption of Macs and iPhones as new means for cross-platform Web attacks; special interest groups that fall within a certain age group, wealth bracket, or people with particular purchasing habits, will become targets of Web 2.0 attacks; and spam will increase in the blogosphere and "talk back" sections of news sites to drive traffic and increase search engine rankings of infected Web sites.