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Top 6 Threats to Enterprise Security

admin — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:29:46 +0000

With “cyber espionage” making headlines, enterprises are buttering their security taking a closer look at threats that can impact their business and ultimately their bottom line. McAfee Labs has analyzed the threats of the past quarter for emerging trends, which center on mobile and overall malware.

With BYOD becoming common across many enterprises, threats that once considered consumer problems are now becoming issues for the enterprise as well. Targeted Trojans, Mobile Spyware, Ransomware, Phishing, Database Breaches, and Browser-based Threats seem to be the top six threats to enterprise security. More>>

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India has 42 mn cyber crime victims every year

admin — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:27:29 +0000

Cyber crimes are reaching an alarming level in India! The ‘Internet Security Threat’ released by Norton (Symantec) states India has 42 million cybercrimes every year. During the last year, 52 per cent of such victims had suffered attacks such as malware, viruses, hacking, scams, fraud and theft. The study reports seven out of 10 adults have been victims of different modes of cyber crime in their life time. More>>

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Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cyber crime

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:16:36 +0000

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec.

Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 2013 , released in April 2013 says that companies with 250 employees or less absorbed 18 percent of targeted cyber-attacks in 2011, but the figure jumped to 31 percent in 2012.

“While it can be argued that the rewards of attacking a small business are less than what can be gained from a large enterprise, this is more than compensated by the fact that many small companies are typically less careful in their cyber defenses,” the report said. More>>

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