| Organized crime caused big data breach spike, says Verizon A new study from Verizon Business claims that organized crime is responsible for a large increase in the number of breached corporate electronic records, which totaled roughly 285 million last year. 5 Ways To Survive a Data Breach Investigation Security experts say it all the time: If a company thinks it has suffered a data security breach, the key to getting at the truth unscathed is to have a response plan in place for what needs to be done and who needs to be in charge of certain tasks. And, as SANS Institute instructor Lenny Zeltser advised in CSOonline's recent How to Respond to an Unexpected IT Security Incident article, "ask lots and lots of questions" before making rash decisions. Malicious code spikes in '08, Symantec reports Malicious code threats more than doubled, and the United States retained the dubious distinction of being the top cyber sore spot, according to Symantec's 2008 Internet Security Threat Report. Twitter Worm: A Closer Look at What Happened It looks like Twitter's Web site has been scrubbed clean after several bouts of the "Mikeyy" or "StalkDaily" worm plagued the service. Even though the threat seems to have passed, questions remain about just how serious this attack was and if there will be any repercussions for the worm's creator. Security vendor Marshal8e6 buys Avinti Security vendor Marshal8e6 will buy Avinti, a company which specializes in behavioral technology that scans e-mail and tests malicious content in a virtual machine. Buzzblog: What's the carbon footprint of spam?...(Like I care) It's official: Carbon-footprint mania has flown past "getting to be a bit much" and landed smack in the middle of a cow patty (produced, of course, by one of those inscrutably oblivious bovine gas bags). Top Trends: Patch Management Find out how patch-management products work, and what they can do for you, in this Product Guide. April giveaways galore
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