Worldwide security service spending to reach $35.1 billion
Worldwide security services spending is on pace to reach $35.1 billion in 2011, up from $31.1 billion in 2010, according to Gartner. The market is forecast to total $38.3 …
Global phishing trends and domain name use
A new survey by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reveals that phishing attacks perpetrated against Chinese e-commerce and banking sites soared by 44 percent in the first …
Angry Birds know where you live
75% of the public may be giving away their physical location when downloading smartphone applications, according to AdaptiveMobile. 69% of smartphone users are adamant that …
One in nine Internet users surfing without protection
The number of new malware strains continues to rise. G Data Security Labs counted over 1.2 million new computer malware strains in the first half of the year alone. Despite …
20-fold increase in fraudulent spam
In Q3 2011, the percentage of fraudulent emails in spam traffic increased twenty times, rising from 0.1 per cent last quarter to 2 per cent of all spam traffic in Q3. The …
You can count on IT failures
A worrying 60 per cent of respondents surveyed by City Lifeline at this year’s IP Expo have lost access to the company’s IT system following an unexpected …
Unique malware URLs increased 89 percent
Websites loaded with malware increased a massive 89 percent in the third quarter compared to Q2 2011. According to an IID report, the most impersonated organizations include …
Five million new malware samples
In the third quarter of 2011 alone, five million new malware samples were created. In addition, Trojans set a record for becoming the preferred category for cybercriminals to …
Managing firewall risks in the cloud
67 percent of IT security respondents in a Ponemon Institute study, report that their organization is very vulnerable or vulnerable because cloud ports and firewalls are not …
Americans will sue if personal data is compromised
Americans will go to great lengths to avoid identity theft, and many say they would take legal action against government or private organizations that compromise their …
How organizations manage cloud computing security risks
A Ponemon Institut survey of 1,000 IT security practitioners and enterprise compliance officers revealed that less than half of all respondents believe their organizations …
IT execs view security and privacy as top priority
New and complex IT risks and changing business priorities challenge today’s IT leaders, according to a new survey from Protiviti. The results of the study reveal six …