The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report provides a six-month update of worldwide Internet threat activity. It includes  analysis of network-based attacks, a review of known vulnerabilities, and highlights of malicious code. It will also assess trends in phishing and spam activity. This volume covers the six-month period from January 1 to June 30, 2007.

Over the past several reporting periods, Symantec has observed a fundamental change in the threat landscape. Attackers have moved away from nuisance and destructive attacks towards activity that is motivated by financial gain. Today’s attackers are increasingly sophisticated and organized, and have begun to adopt methods that are similar to traditional software development and business practices.

In the wake of the recent security breach, Monster.com has confirmed that it's databases have been targeted before. The company admits that the data leakage has been going for longer and the number of affected customers could be higher than original 1.3 milion estimates.

As this wouldn't have been enough, it appears that the Monster.com security incident has allready made collateral damage. Among other tasks, Monster is the technology provider for USAJobs.gov website which belongs to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. USAJobs.gov has over 2 milion registered users and it's a very popular place to post resume or federal job openings.

Wells Fargo &Co. customers encountered difficulties in getting a balance statement yesterday. This is an echo of the computer failure problems that the fifth US bank has experienced on last Sunday.

Employing over 160,000 people, Wells Fargo serves almost 7,000 ATMs and nearly 6,000 branches nationwide.

The Zhelatin/Storm Worm gang have run  their "eCard for you" – themed malware spam fo weeks now and apparenty they are moving towads other measn of deception and worm infection.
The tactics are changing again.

The malicious websites haven't changed; they still spread malicious msdataaccess.exe files. However, the e-mails no longer talk about ecards. Instead, they ask you to install a missing component called Microsoft Data Access.

A woman, trying to get out of an abusive relationship, goes online to buy plane tickets for herself and her two small children, and then she sends an e-mail to a friend about her plan to leave. As she works to clandestinely put things in order, she doesn't recognize her husband has installed spyware onto the computer and will soon know everything she's planning to do.