Remote users expose companies to cybercrime
Results of new remote access security research show half of companies with a remote workforce had their websites compromised in 2012, over a third had passwords hacked, and …
Data thieves and their motives
Large-scale financial cybercrime and state-affiliated espionage dominated the security landscape in 2012, according to a new Verizon report. Taking the top spot for all …
Dangerous CSRF attacks up 132%
FireHost has announced today its Q1 2013 web application attack statistics, detailing the type and number of the most dangerous cyberattacks blocked by the firewalls that …
The importance of crowd-sourced threat intelligence
Imperva analyzed real-world attack traffic against 60 web applications between January and March 2013 to identify common attack patterns. Businesses can reduce the risk of …
Big data, analytics, and cloud drive software growth
For 2012, the worldwide software market grew 3.6% year over year reaching a total market size of $342 billion, according to IDC. 2012 confirms the beginning of a more …
Reliance on passwords inhibits online business
A new study by the Ponemon Institute takes a deep dive into consumer perceptions around how organizations are securing their access, and what they would consider to be the …
Research reveals damage that privacy breaches can cause
A global study of consumer attitudes towards company stewardship of personal data conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that data breaches can cause major damage …
Insider threats and BYOD still a great problem
Insider threats are the greatest concern and that permitting employees to connect their own devices to the network increases the risk of security breaches, according to …
Big data drives big demand for storage
As demand for Big Data technology and services continues to escalate, all levels of the Big Data technology stack will experience significant growth. Storage is a critical …
Targeted attacks hitting small business have increased threefold
Based on data from the company’s own Global Intelligence Network, Symantec analysts have shared in annual Internet Security Threat Report that there was a 42 percent …
90% of game hacks and cracks contain malware
Computer and online gaming is big business for companies creating the games, but a considerable drain on the finances of gamers, so it should not come as a surprise that many …
Most enterprises encounter problems with open source software
Univa’s 2013 Free and Open Source Software report finds that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is prominent within businesses today with 76% using it internally. …
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