[pchelpers] Article:The New Face of Cybercrime Revealed

May 6, 2009
By Richard Stiennon
If one thing is clear from Verizon’s recently published 2009 Data Breach
Investigations Report  it is that cyber crime has taken on a frightening
level of maturity. This is the second year that Verizon has published
data from the breach investigation work they perform for their clients.
Because they only report on the specific customers they work for,
comparing year-over-year results may not be statistically relevant. But
the report is the most comprehensive analysis of trends in methods of
attacks; and for that reason is worth delving in to. 

Most data breach reports include what is, frankly, spurious data. A lost
or stolen laptop or even a dossier of top secret information left on a
commuter train seat has less to do with an increase in threats than it
does with reporting requirements derived from various legislative
actions. While these reports do drive home the expense, loss of
reputation, and compliance requirements associated with good data
protection they do not shed the same light on methodologies that Verizon
does. 

More here:
http://www.cioupdate.com/features/article.php/3819101/The-New-Face-of-Cybercrime-Revealed.htm
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