Attackers use smaller botnets to launch high-bandwidth attacks
DDoS perpetrators changed tactics in Q3 2013 to boost attack sizes and hide their identities, according to Prolexic. “This quarter, the major concern is that reflection …
Top U.S. cities for online fraud origination
ThreatMetrix announced data ranking the top U.S. cities for the origination of online fraud. The data reveals that Santa Clara, CA, is the nation’s top spot for online …
Smartphone users still unaware of identity theft threats
Four in ten (40%) smartphone users in the United States agree that they don’t understand cyber security well enough to know how to protect themselves, according to …
The globalization of business is increasing exposure to fraud
The number of companies falling victim to fraud has increased in the past year, according to the 2013 Kroll Global Fraud Report. Overall, 70 percent of companies were affected …
How CISOs get executive buy-in for security budgets
Wisegate released a new report that shares how CISOs successfully gain executive buy-in on security budgets and strategically manage them. Most CISOs face significant …
DDoS attack size accelerating rapidly
Arbor Networks released data on global DDoS attack trends for the first three quarters of 2013. The data shows that DDoS continues to be a global threat, with alarming …
Top vertical industry predictions for IT organizations for 2014
Gartner has revealed its top industry predictions for IT organizations and users for 2014 and beyond. Most industries are facing accelerating pressure for fundamental …
Infographic: The nightmare of securing unstructured data
This infographic from SealPath comes with data and facts of data loss in enterprises: sources of data breaches, market trends, technologies related to data protection, etc. …
Mobile security trends, concerns and misperceptions
PayPal and the National Cyber Security Alliance unveiled the results from a new Zogby Poll highlighting the latest trends, concerns and misperceptions around mobile security …
The cost and frequency of cyber attacks on the rise
The cost, frequency and time to resolve cyberattacks continue to rise for the fourth consecutive year, according to a global study by HP and the Ponemon Institute. The 2013 …
SSD adoption grows despite difficult data erasure and recovery
The overwhelming majority (82%) of UK CIOs, CTOs and IT managers predict that their use of SSD technology will increase over the next 12 months, according to new research from …
Users want to access all their content in just one secure place
Are you managing your content, or is your content managing you? An F-Secure survey shows that, with their photos, videos, and other documents scattered across various cloud …
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