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SQL injection attacks colonising big name sites. The days of visiting a trusted website and expecting it to be safe are done and dusted. R&D budgets, outsourcing models and support services. Trusted websites are posing a security risk to oblivious surfers according to a Websense report released today which revealed the number of legitimate websites compromised by attackers now outnumbers those specifically created for malicious purposes. Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online. Protecting users from internet-borne threats falls on trusted websites, says Overstock's Sam Peterson. Dan Kaplan reports. The Web is now a participatory medium. The downside to this ubiquitous connectivity and user participation is a new slew of security threats many IT professionals have yet to fully grasp. Backdoor threats in software applications will become a more serious threat and increasingly difficult to detect in the future. The login page for Google Mail can be spoofed so that an attacker can steal a user's credentials. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. With the growth of malicious programs currently outpacing that of legitimate applications, and traditional countermeasures proving inadequate, consumers and security vendors may need to join forces to ward off threats. Visa Risk Manager will address fraud losses and help issuers approve a greater number of legitimate credit and debit transactions. Most legitimate websites average seven vulnerabilities, with nine out of 10 containing serious flaws that hackers can exploit, the latest WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report reveals. The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media after a worm hit military networks. The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too. A web-hosting firm that apparently sent out more than 75 percent of worldwide spam has been knocked offline. A recent update from antivirus firm AVG has caused havoc with some users by deleting a critical file in non-English versions of Windows XP after incorrectly detecting it as a virus. Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability. The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers. Malware writers are leveraging the trusted Google name to launch a new wave of worm attacks against Facebook users, researchers said this week.