Hackers compromised 174 million records in 2011, according to Verizon’s...
Hackers compromised 174 million records in 2011, according to Verizon’s 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (http://xrl.us/bmy59f). Target selection by these groups “didn’t follow the logical lines of who has money and/or valuable information.” The number of compromised records across 885…
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incidents skyrocketed after reaching an all-time low in last year’s report of nearly 4 million. External agents accounted for 98 percent of data breaches and 58 percent of all data theft was tied to activist groups, the report said. More than 80 percent of breaches were a result of some form of hacking, nearly 70 percent incorporated malware and 10 percent involved physical attacks. Mainline cybercriminals continued “to automate and streamline their method du jour of high-volume, low-risk attacks against weaker targets,” the report said. Smaller organizations should focus mitigation efforts on implementing a firewall or Access Control List on remote access services and changing default credentials of point-of-sale systems and other Internet-facing devices, it said. Larger organizations should “monitor and mine event logs” and “eliminate unnecessary data.” The report results are based on first-hand evidence “collected during paid external forensic investigations conducted by Verizon from 2004 to 2011,” Verizon said. Other contributors include the U.S. Secret Service and the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service.