Last Updated: 19 July, 2009 00:29 IST
The Table below displays the brief list of Security Attacks that took place in the Year 2008 in the respective months. Click the name of the month to see the details.
Total Attacks from March 2008 to December 2008 => 29
| Original Issue Date | Security Alert |
| 13 March | Zonebac Trojan |
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17 March |
Mass SQL Injection Attacks and malicious JavaScript embedding on websites |
| 8 April | Bancorkut Worm |
| 15 April | Goldun Trojan |
| 25 April | Trojan Vundo |
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MAY 2008 (2 Attacks) |
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| 8 May | Trojan Agent and Variants |
| 9 May | SQL Injection Worm |
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JUNE 2008 (4 Attacks) |
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5 June; |
SQL Injection Attacks and Exploitation of Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities |
| 5 June | Trojan Mespam |
| 24 June | Worm Tixcet.A |
| 25 June | Virus Ransomware GPcode |
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JULY 2008 (1 Attack) |
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| 17 July | Asprox Botnet |
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AUGUST 2008 (3 Attacks) |
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| 7 August | Propagation of malware via spam e-mail with the name of "CNN.com Daily Top 10" |
| 14 August | Propagation of malware via spam e-mail with the name of MSNBC.com "BREAKING NEWS" |
| 22 August |
Propagation of malware via .DOC files |
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SEPTEMBER 2008 (2 Attacks) |
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| 3 September | Linux systems actively targeted using SSH Key Attacks |
| 17 September | Trojan Hupigon |
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OCTOBER 2008 (6 Attacks) |
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| 17 October | Win32/Sinowal |
| 17 October | Trojan Nilage |
| 21 October | Worm Hamweq |
| 21 October | Slenfbot Worm |
| 24 October | Trojan Gimmiv.A exploits Microsoft Windows Server Service Vulnerability |
| 24 October | Mabezat Worm |
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NOVEMBER 2008 (2 Attacks) |
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| 10 November | PWS:Win32/Lolyda |
| 28 November | Win32/Conficker |
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DECEMBER 2008 (4 Attacks) |
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| 16 December | 0-Day exploit for Internet Explorer in the wild |
| 17 December | Spreading of DNSChanger malware and Rouge DHCP servers |
| 22 December | Trojan Win32/Yektel |
| 26 December | Malware circulating through Christmas e-Card |