small business security statistics

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+1 on Jack's recommendation of Brian Krebs

I saw this come down on twitter today
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/media/press-releases/viewnews?noticia=10116

Just note the source - AV companies have everything to gain from FUD

Problem I see with any stats regarding such compromises. is Companies
often will not report the breach. Even states with Breach notification
laws often do not require disclosure of the Company to the public.
Combine that with the fact that such legislation only covers
notification of specific data (i.e. PI) and there are 40 something
different variations in different states, I think there isn't a chance
of getting an accurate representation of the issue we are facing.

But I will end my rant here

Tim

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Jack Daniel <jackadaniel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian Krebs has done a good job of reporting on this issue, see his
> blog at http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/, he even has a "Target: Small
> Business" section with numerous posts on the topic, that's at
> http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/category/smallbizvictims/
>
> Short version of this situation: Most small biz are no more tech savvy
> than home users, but don't have the financial account protections of
> individuals, and usually have more in the bank than an individual- so
> they're a great and vulnerable target.
>
> Jack
>
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Arnaud <lists at arnaudloos.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking for information security statistics as it pertains to small
> > businesses. There's one statistic specifically that I read recently along
> > the lines of small businesses having money stolen through the use of
> > keystroke loggers on the principal banking PC and the hacker initiating a
> > bank transfer. Can't remember where i saw it though. Links to any articles
> > relating to current statistics would be appreciated.
> > Thanks.
> > Arnaud-
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