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Targeted cyberattacks rose 42 percent last year from 2011,...

Targeted cyberattacks rose 42 percent last year from 2011, said a Symantec report Monday (http://bit.ly/17XrYiQ). Globally, there was an average of 116 target attacks per day in 2012, it said. Small businesses, “the path of least resistance for hackers,” were…

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the target of 31 percent of the attacks, it said. Manufacturers were targeted for more attacks in 2012 than governments, which topped the list in 2011, it said. Attacks on social network sites and mobile devices continue to increase, Symantec said, while spam and phishing attacks have continued to decrease.