Analýza firem Counterpane+Messagelabs - kdo je nej?ast?jším cílem útok??
16.03.2006
Key Findings:
Close to 40 percent of the Financial Services and Banking industry sector suffered the most Trojan attacks. This sector again outranked its peer industries as the most exposed to probes and enumeration attempts, at nearly 30 percent of total targeted scan attacks worldwide.
Hackers are engineering Trojan attacks and targeted scans to exploit weaknesses in the security posture of financial institutions. The FBI, the IMF, and the FTC all agree the Financial Sector has become a lucrative target for the financially motivated hacker.
Pharmaceutical-Healthcare is the industry most frequently attacked by spyware, and the Utilities, Power & Energy sector experienced the most significant increase of spyware infestation compared to any other sector.
Spyware will become the new threat vector for hacking into the corporate enterprise, and the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Utilities, and Power & Energy verticals are the most vulnerable.
The Healthcare business sector must consider the potential loss of life, remediation costs and wasted employee resources when completing a risk assessment of its corporate enterprise.
Cyber-criminals will further exploit Instant Messaging environments as business adoption of IM increases; IM presents an increasingly attractive criminal gateway into the enterprise.
Spear Phishing targets the weakest links in a business' supply chain. Compromises can result in a loss of revenue, damage to reputation, and the potential imposition of regulatory and legal penalties.
