Sunday, 5 February 2012
The use of compromised accounts to send spam and scams has increased throughout 2011 to become a growing percentage of the unwanted email that is being sent by spammers. The following end-user research was compiled by Commtouch in order to explore issues related to the theft, usage and recovery of these compromised accounts.
New survey finds users engage in actions online they know are unsafe.
Users enjoying increased connectivity unlikely to take protection measures.
The emergence of a serious malware construction kit for the Mac OS X seems to mimic a 2008 prediction by a security researcher.
The last 4 to 6 months has seen mainstream news coverage of electronic threats, the vulnerability of electronic infrastructure, and the ability of networks, network security, and successful attacks to drive notoriety, black market revenue, and real-world change.
McAfee and CSIS report reveals dramatic increase in cyberattacks and sabotage on critical infrastructure, and yet organizations remain unprepared. The reason being, most critical infrastructure systems are not designed with cybersecurity in mind.
As the industry celebrated the rise of Asia and mourned the tremendous damage and loss in Japan, cybercriminals seemed to be taking full advantage of the losses and gains in the first quarter of 2011.
In Verizon's latest data breach report, the seeming contradiction between low data loss and the high number of breaches likely stems from a significant decline in large-scale breaches by cybercriminals, in favor of smaller opportunistic attacks.
Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report highlights dramatic increases in both the frequency and sophistication of targeted attacks on enterprises.
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When good backups go bad
Business transactions are faster and have a broader reach to more people in more countries than ever before. Businesses of all sizes can cast a global shadow by setting up a website and conducting business over the Internet. At the same time the volume of data is growing, so are the threats.
Does application security pay?
In the past, businesses confronted the threat of cyber attacks and data breaches primarily by building firewalls and other “perimeter defenses” around their networks, but the threat has continued to evolve, and more criminals are hacking into applications that are running on a plethora of new devices and environments, including cloud, mobile, and social media. Which begets the question: Is it still worthwhile investing in application security?
Red Cross overhauls ID management
Red Cross named the first recipient of the CourionCare Program for Non-Profits with massive overhaul to security and identity management.
Red Cross overhauls ID management
That program helped the agency reduce the risk of security and compliance breaches by automatically eliminating system access when a user changed responsibilities or left the organization.
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Cisco Any Device vision drives competitiveness
This white paper discusses real Cisco experiences and results, and the steps and business decisions that information and security officers, enterprise IT, and information security architects should consider as they allow greater employee choice in endpoint devices.
Securing data and network as SaaS adoption grows
The adoption of SaaS presents a major challenge in managing access control. As more people work from more places outside of the organization and use more types of devices to access a wide range of apps and sensitive data, here's how you can maintain network and data security.
How Cisco IT provides remote access for small offices and telecommuters
At any given time, one-third or more of Cisco’s global workforce is connected by remote access. This case study describes how Cisco developed and deployed its Virtual Office solution and the business benefits that it gained.
RMH’s hospital of the future
RMH Healthcare (RMH) moved into its “hospital of the future” last year. Find out how Cisco Borderless Networks boosted its emergency response times and clinician responsiveness while complying with regulatory standards.
