Information Security Breaches - main factors ...

  • 2011.04.21 -"... There's no better place to start than with what many would regard as the hub of cybercrime: Russia , with estimated annual cybercrime revenues of $2.5 billion [<2010 estimate. 2011 estimate: $3.7 billion] ..." (i.e.: See RBN information here).
    http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=717&doc_id=205897&
  • 2011.04.19: SMB - "... the number of breaches is significantly up – and more small businesses are being attacked..." http://www.databreaches.net/?p=17827
  • 2011.03.02: SMB - "... most small business owners don’t realize that they are now the new target for cyber criminals... more than 85 percent of small business owners believe their companies are less of a target for cybercrime than large companies... authorities in the Ukraine arrested 5 people who they accused of using the Internet to steal $70 million from U.S. bank accounts... focused on small and medium-sized companies...": http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41742303/ns/business-consumer_news/
  • 2011.02.17: Most Vulnerable Browser Plug-in - "... between July of 2010 and January of 2011... 42 percent of users were running vulnerable out-of-date Java plug-ins ...": http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/print.php/3925356
  • 2011.02.03: Credit Report Resellers - "...agreed to settle FTC charges that they did not take reasonable steps to protect consumers’ personal information, failures that allowed computer hackers to access that data...": http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/02/settlement.shtm
  • 2010.07.28: 2010 Data Breach Report - "... Organized criminal groups were responsible for 85 percent of all stolen data... 94 percent of all compromised records in 2009 were attributable to financial services...":
    http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2010/2010-data-breach-report-from.html
  • 2010.01.11: "The most insecure part of your network ...": http://www.itworld.com/security/92265/most-insecure-part-your-network
  • 2009.04.15: 2009 Data Breach Investigation Report: "More electronic records were exposed in 2008 than in the previous four years combined... 91% of all compromised records were linked to organized criminal groups; customized malware attacks doubled... 99% of breached records were accessed through servers and applications, rather than desktop computers, notebooks, mobile phones, or portable media...":
    http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtm?articleID=216500718 | http://preview.tinyurl.com/4jn2eeo | http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6202
  • 2008.06.11: "... for 90% of the known vulnerabilities exploited, patches were available for at least 6 months prior to the attack... suggests that installing software patches as soon as they're made available will significantly reduce the chance of a data breach * ..." :
    http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=208403240
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