Articles Tagged with ''cyber threats''

The 71 million U.S.. cybercrime victims alone lost a collective $20.7 billion last year, but more than a third of respondents don't fret about typing sensitive information into unsecure sites. 

This week, legislation to establish better security of public and private cyber infrastructure died in the U.S. Senate after businesses, through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, fought the proposal, claiming the improvements were too expensive.

General Keith Alexander warns that the nature of cyber attacks is changing from disruptive for destructive, and it could take a huge toll on American businesses.

Once again, cyber attacks targeting high profile organizations, including SCADA security companies, have been traced to China.

A new report contends that the United States and Europe lag behind the rest of the world in cloud computing adoption.

 A mutli-agency exercise was staged on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, to simulate a cybersecurity attack on the New York City electric supply during a summer heat wave. 

A survey of healthcare organizations found the average cost of data breaches to these organizations rose from $183,526 in 2010 to $2,243,700 in 2011.

According to a recent Norton Cybercrime Report, 431 million adults in 24 countries experienced some type of cybercrime over the past year.

Working more closely together, cybersecurity partners from law enforcement and the private sector are increasing their efforts to combat cyber crime, as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

The attack effectively froze the operations for a number of days, leaving company employees unable to ship product, to cut checks, or even to communicate via email, the U.S. Department of Justice said in court filings. Total cost: $800,000.