The Hidden Flaw in Web 2.0 (FTD)

New-generation web-driven applications make it easy for users to build sites - but also for virus writers to attack. While the technology and tools may bring new freedoms, they also represent virgin territory for virus writers and identity thieves. A dark side to the shiny new world of Web 2.0 is being exposed by virus writers and the internet security companies that counter them. The linked-up, sharing, live-updating melting pot of web technologies that has been dubbed the second version of the web is proving fertile ground for infiltrators seeking to inject malicious code into the mix.