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Attackers going after end users rather than servers
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| Rather than targeting Web and email
| servers, attackers these days are prone to
| going after enterprises from the inside
| out, compromising end user systems and
| then using them to access confidential
| data, according to a Web traffic analysis
| report by security-as-a-service provider
| Zscaler.
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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/337139/attackers_going_after_end_users_rather_than_servers?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
Asia Businesses Weather Regular Cyberattacks
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| Three quarters of Asia Pacific enterprises
| -- and two thirds of businesses in
| Singapore - have experienced cyberattacks
| in the past 12 months, according to new
| global research.
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| The 2010 Symantec State of Enterprise
| Security Study, released last week, found
| that 38 per cent of Asia Pacific
| enterprises, and 67 per cent in Singapore,
| rank cyberrisk as their top concern, more
| than natural disasters, terrorism, and
| traditional crime combined.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/190371/asia_businesses_weather_regular_cyberattacks.html?tk=rss_news
Over 75,000 systems compromised in cyberattack
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/336726/over_75_000_systems_compromised_cyberattack?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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