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In a 52 page security report released by Cisco, the company has confirmed what has been consistently been observed through out this year: “the Internet-based attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and specialized as profit-driven criminals continue to hone their approach to stealing data from businesses, employees and consumers.” The 2008 edition of the report has specified the year’s top security threats and offers recommendations for protecting networks against attacks that are propagating more rapidly, becoming increasingly difficult to detect, and exploiting technological and human vulnerabilities.
Among some of the more specific threats across the web, the study identifies spam accounting for nearly 200 billion messages each day, approximately 90% of worldwide email. The United States is the biggest source at 17.2 percent. Other countries who contribute spam include Turkey (9.2 percent), Russia (8 percent), Canada (4.7 percent), Brazil (4.1 percent), India (3.5 percent), Poland (3.4 percent), South Korea (3.3 percent), Germany and the United Kingdom (2.9 percent each).
Some of the notable trends, as identified by the study, include:
The report also suggests the following as top trends to be watched in the coming year:
The full report can be downloaded from Cisco’s website.
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