Just raising awareness of this new (free!) report available from Symantec Security Response. The new Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) details the trends, techniques, scale and statistics of threats observed in 2014.
Key Findings
- How cyberattackers leap-frog corporate defenses
- Clever tricks malware authors use to avoid detection
- Why ransomware attacks soared 113% in 2014
- How social networks and apps enable cybercriminals
- Why corporate defenses are falling behind as cybercriminals move faster
- Why attacks on Internet of Things devices are more serious than ever
Here's a short video providing some highlights....
Outsmart the Attackers: Symantec’s 2015 Internet Security Threat Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5R34SXnRpk
A blog post:
Top 5 Priorities for Proactive Cybersecurity
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/top-5-priorities-proactive-cybersecurity
And the report itself:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/publications/threatreport.jsp
Many thanks for reading! Please act now to keep yourselves, your organizations and your data safe.
Mick