Executives lack confidence in their cyber security
More than two-thirds of executives are concerned their companies will not be able to stop such threats, and one in five say their biggest concern is not knowing whether an …
72% can’t securely manage multiple computing environments
AppSense and CTOVision announced the results of a survey that included responses from 245 executives, technologists and contractors – across the defense, intelligence …
Increase in malicious DNS request traffic
With regard to the OpUSA hacktivist campaign, Solutionary discovered that attackers responsible for previous DDoS attacks on the financial sector leveraged a variety of …
U.S. the number one source of web attacks
Retailers suffer twice as many SQL injection attacks as other industries, according to Imperva. Additionally, these attacks were more intense, both in terms of number of …
Study connects cybercrime to job loss
After years of guesswork and innumerable attempts to quantify the costly effects of cybercrime on the U.S. and world economies, McAfee engaged the Center for Strategic and …
DDoS attacks are getting bigger, stronger and longer
Prolexic Technologies announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 …
Social engineering tops list of help desk security threats
Help desks are most commonly asked to assist users in addressing common IT problems including password resets and application and connectivity issues. Often the performance of …
Vendors patch security vulnerabilities within 3 weeks
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab released its statistics on web application security for the first half of 2013. The statistics is based on HTB Security Advisories that …
US retains spamming crown
Sophos has published the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ of spam relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2013. As the US retains the top spot among spam-relaying …
Email security: Perception vs. reality
When it comes to email security in the workplace, 98 percent of employees believe they demonstrate either equally secure or more secure behaviors than their colleagues. …
Security metrics are too complicated for senior executives
Tripwire announced the results of research on the state of risk-based security management with the Ponemon Institute. Key findings include: 75% of respondents say metrics are …
Workers do not trust employers with personal data
Workers using their own mobile devices for work remain fearful of their employer accessing their personal information. A new Aruba Networks report features a study of over …
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