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Subject: [ISN] The Rising Tide Of Cyber-Threats Could Engulf National
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-04-26 6:59:13
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.1104260159050.32462 () conundrum ! infosecnews ! org
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By Eric Doyle
eWEEK Europe
April 25, 2011
Cyber-attacks are increasing but national infrastructures are
ill-prepared to defend themselves. Urgent action, not endless planning,
is required, argues Eric Doyle
Threats to major companies and national utilities have increased over
the past year as cyber threats escalate into cyber wars.
A joint report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS) highlights the growing concerns in companies controlling
critical national infrastructure. Following a similar report issued a
year ago, the In the Dark: Critical Industries Confront Cyberattacks
report shows that things are rapidly getting worse.
Extortion, DDoS And Stuxnet
In 2009, just over half of all the companies interviewed reported
suffering large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks but
last year, the study shows, this had increased to over 80 percent. A
quarter of the respondents also admitted that they had been targets of
extortion attempts.
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