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Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds. A new virus is relying on some old tricks to infect Windows Mobile users. The so-called 'companion virus' attack uses a method of assuming the identity of an existing file and moving the old file to a different location. Internet service providers (ISPs) are facing more security threats, while attacks are becoming larger and more sophisticated. Banks falling behind fraudsters. A newly discovered application is attacking news website CNN in what security experts suspect to be an act of information warfare. Hackers compromise a United Nations’ Asia Pacific AIDS information site using an emerging malicious technique which scans for multiple vulnerabilities.
SQL injection and cross-site scripting are most popular attack vectors. Attack can cripple Access Control Server, security appliances. The Georgian government has accused Russia of launching an online attack against the country’s web infrastructure in conjunction with its occupation of South Ossetia. Infected Flash SWF files causing havoc. TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS:

1. The Storm Worm
What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent memory. Still replicating, and exploiting a number of patched vulnerabilities, the botnet-fueled, socially engineered attack may make next year's list as well. Hackers have launched an attack that combines spam and viruses in a new global campaign, according to the latest report from MessageLabs. Google is the search engine of choice for both consumers and hackers, according to infosec experts. Public and private proof-of-concept code has emerged for the gaping Windows hole plugged by Microsoft on Thursday in an emergency update. Misuse of language is turning 'ordinary, decent computer criminals' into 'cyberterrorists' who menace world peace. The login page for Google Mail can be spoofed so that an attacker can steal a user's credentials. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack brought down a government website in Georgia this weekend.
Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is placing many systems at risk of attack because networking software has IPv6 enabled but users don't know it, warns a security researcher. A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yahoo Mail could leave instant messenger users open to attack. As big business finally gets a hold on security, SMEs relying on off-the-shelf e-commerce tools are easy prey.