http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/comment/the-rising-tide-of-cyber-threats-could-engulf-national-infrastructures-27457 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. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Apr 25 2011 - 23:59:13 PDT
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