All Entries Tagged With: "Security Data"

Data Breaches by Threat Categories

A recent study breaks down the threat categories of 500+ caseloads of investigated breaches.

Error – Poor decisions, misconfigurations, omissions, non-compliance, process breakdowns, etc. Nearly 80% of breaches within this category are due to omission.
Hacking – Deliberate action against information systems.
Malcode – Malicious software or code found to contribute to breach in question. [...]

Data Breach Sources…according to Verizon Business Risk Team

According to the 2008 Data Breach Investigation Report conducted by the Verizon Business Risk Team most data breaches occur as a result of external attacks.

The study is an analysis of 4 years of data security breaches from 2005 through 2008. There were 500+ cases that were analyzed as part of this [...]

Worm Spreading via Mobile Device

The US DOD is having issues with the Agent.btz worm.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/army-bans-usb-d.html
The problem has gotten so bad that they have banned the use of all portable media while they get a handle on the situation.  The malware infecting the computers is called Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm. It spreads by copying itself onto USB drives and other [...]