Businesses face increasing challenge of targeted cyber attack: survey

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://security.cbronline.com/news/businesses-face-increasing-challenge-of-targeted-cyber-attack-survey-191012

By CBR Staff Writer
19 October 2012

Only 27% have heard about Stuxnet and 13% about Duqu

About 52% of IT specialists believe that enterprise networks will be 
increasingly targeted by hack attacks, posing serious challenge to IT 
administrators, according to a survey conducted by B2B International in 
July 2012.

One third of those surveyed believe that sooner or later their corporate 
network could face a targeted cyber-attack.

Targeted attacks would be the third most likely threat in the coming 
days, posing challenge before the IT specialists to defend their 
infrastructure - servers, workstations, corporate mobile devices.

Amidst reports of hackers using sophisticated malwares as cyber weapons, 
only 27% have heard about Stuxnet, and 13% - about Duqu.

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