The rising cost of a security breach

The average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3,8-million, representing a 23% increase since 2013. This is one of the findings of the Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis, sponsored by IBM. The study also found that the...

Turla and Agent.btz worms possibly related

Experts from G-Data and BAE Systems recently released information about a persistent cyber-espionage operation codenamed Turla (also referred to as Snake or Uroburos). Further to this, Kaspersky Lab’s research and analysis team have now found an unexpected...

Counting the cost of a security breach

A successful targeted attack against a large company can cause damages of up to $2,4-million. This is according to B2B International which, along with Kaspersky Lab, conducted the 2103 Global Corporate IT Security Risks survey. Targeted attacks are one of the most...