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Top Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Companies in 2014

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As the internet technology advances, people who have dark motives against other people and organizations are also learning the ways to do their illicit acts. Despite the implementation of anti-cybercrime laws, they are unfazed and continue to do their moves.

Companies in the U.S. even those that have installed the best security measures are not exempted from these cyber attacks. In 2014 alone, a Ponemon Institute survey noted the cost of cyber crime committed against U.S. retail stores amounted to $8.6 million for every company. The figure was more than double compared to the previous year. In the financial services sector, the yearly average costs of cyber attacks per company went up to $20.8 million; $14.5 million in the technology sector and $12.7 million in the communications industries. [Read more…]

It Security – Interpol

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The threat of IT security has reached such a level that even Interpol has gotten involved in the action. Many crime syndicates operate beyond the normal bounds of borders and business organizations that the Policing Agency has information for all concerned regarding the security and intrusion prevention of computer systems.

The said Interpol IT Security document aimed for investigators of crimes related to IT security, highlights the need for an established set of rules that should be enforced for all people in business or other locations such as the home and elsewhere. In the said document, there is an extensive article that deals with information interception which is now becoming the most prevalent form of attack on networked computers. Firewalls are also not that effective if not configured properly and the addition of an internal and other security is needed to increase the level of protection that is needed. File deletion as may of us in the IT community knows deletes only the directory entry of the said file and not the file itself. It can be compared to deletion of a filing cabinet label without actual removal of the folder that contains the document itself. Utilities like Wiperaser Ultra for clearing deleted data are available on the market which routinely scans all tagged free-space on a hard drive and erases all the data contained within. There are also utilities available for the recovery of deleted files like software from Handy Recovery, a data recovery software which can prove valuable in security breach investigations checking for unauthorized files in an employee’s workstation. There are even recovery companies who specialize in recovery of data from tragically destroyed hardware such as those that have suffered fire damage and many more such as SalvageData whose specialty is to recover information from damaged hardware.