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Why Some SMBs Still Fear The Cloud  May 14, 2012
Blind study commissioned by Microsoft shows disparity between those small to midsize businesses that have adopted cloud computing and security-as-a-service and those that have not

Fake Caller ID Attacks On The Rise  March 22, 2012
"Vishing" attacks increased by 52 percent in the second half of last year

More Than Half Of Cyberattacks Come From Asia  January 31, 2012
DDoS attacks worldwide on the rise, report finds

Top 10 Security Mistakes SMBs Make  December 01, 2011
SMBs need to work on fundamental security errors to reduce risk of costly incidents

Half Of All The World's Spam Now Out Of Asia  November 01, 2011
New 'Dirty Dozen' spam report still has the U.S. as the number one spammer, but South Korea becoming a major producer as well

Yet Another Bank Sued By A Small Business For Fraudulent Hacker Transfers  July 19, 2011
Village View says Professional Business Bank says bank responsible for $465K loss to hackers plus fees and damages suffered in online account breach

Report: Sixty Percent Of Users Are Running Unpatched Versions Of Adobe  July 13, 2011
Vulnerabilities in Adobe software could lead to breaches, Avast Software study warns

Botnet Postmortem: Rustock Now Less Than Half The Size It Was At Takedown  July 05, 2011
New Microsoft report says Rustock victims likely infected with other malware, and still 'a long way to go' in cleaning up machines infected by the massive, now-defunct spamming botnet

Spear Phishers Aiming At SMBs  June 22, 2011
Pilfered email addresses and personal from Epsilon and Sony breaches will make attacks on SMBs even more likely

Why Small Businesses Are Vulnerable To Cybercrime -- And What They Can Do About It  June 14, 2011
SMBs have more valuable data than consumers, and fewer defenses than large enterprises. Have they become the sweet spot for the bad guys?

Court Ruling Puts Security Burden On SMBs, Not Banks  June 08, 2011
Security experts cry foul in U.S. District Court ruling in $500,000 online bank account heist from construction firm

Tech Insight: Playing 'Capture The Flag' To Hone Your IT, Security Teams' Skills  June 03, 2011
Alternative security training exercises are cheaper and help foster team-building

Google's Digital Wallet: A Better Mousetrap?  June 02, 2011
New Google Wallet mobile payment technology offers some advantages, but security experts say it still has weak spots

For Malware Developers, Mac Moves From Safe Zone To Target Zone  June 01, 2011
Growth of mobile devices, shortage of strong defenses make Apple software environments attractive to authors of malicious code

The Top Three Malware-Based Threats To Small And Midsize Businesses  May 26, 2011
SMBs wrestle to handle malware-related threats such as Zeus Attacks, website infections, and business logic vulnerabilities

Five Big Security Problems SMBs Face -- And What To Do About Them  May 26, 2011
Digital issue of InformationWeek offers insights on security in small and midsize companies

DDoS Attacks Evolve And Spread  May 09, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of organizations have been DDoS'ed in the past year, new VeriSign report finds

Cybercrime Losses Among SMBs Reach New Highs In Study  May 06, 2011
Javelin Research uncovers $8 billion in identity theft costs among small and midsize businesses, including costs that go beyond previously-reported data

Bank Fraud Continues To Plague Businesses, Study Says  April 04, 2011
In nearly 80 percent of cases, banks did not detect fraud before funds were transferred from businesses, study says

Hackers Take Schools To School  March 23, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of schools suffer two breaches or more per year, Panda Security study says

Inside One Of The World's Biggest Botnets  March 14, 2011
Researchers who temporarily disrupted Cutwail/Pushdo last year shed light on the botmaster's side of the botnet

Cybercriminal Profiles Don't Always Match Perceptions, Report Says  March 02, 2011
Dutch study of police data says not all cybercriminals are organized and tech-savvy; there are many "petty" cybercriminals who act alone

Proposed Nonprofit Would Bridge Law Enforcement, Enterprise Security Worlds  January 25, 2011
Organization aimed at translating business' breach experience, and what information law enforcement needs in order to prosecute a case

Product Watch: Blue Coat Systems Moves Into SMB Market  January 12, 2011
Longtime enterprise security gateway vendor Blue Coat takes product line downmarket

Harvard Report: DDoS As A Weapon For Silencing Internet Speech  December 21, 2010
Berkman Center for Internet & Society report looks at breadth and impact of distributed denial-of-service attacks on independent media and human rights websites

SMB Security Reports

Small Businesses, Big Losses: How SMBs Can Fight Cybercrime
Small and midsize businesses are falling prey to cyberattacks that cost them sensitive data, productivity and corporate accounts cleaned out by sophisticated banking Trojans. SMBs are typically on the hook for these losses and lack effective means to prevent them. In this report, we explain what makes these threats so menacing, and share best practices to defend against them.

Five Security Flaws, Five Security Fixes For Small And Midsize Companies
Take a sneak peek at data from the Dark Reading/InformationWeek 2011 Strategic Security Survey, with a focus on the five biggest problems faced by small and midmarket companies. You?ll get a look at key security practices and processes for managing the complexity of security; enforcing policies; assessing risk; preventing data breaches; and managing scarce IT resources.

SMBs in the Crosshairs: Understanding the Threats, Defending the Business
Cybercriminals are not only exploiting small and midsize businesses -- they're targeting them. While thefts of hundreds of thousands or even millions of credit card numbers and personal information records make headlines, many small companies' accounts have been cleaned out. In this Dark Reading Tech Center report, we identify how SMBs are exploited, where their security fails and how they can shore up their defenses.

Other reports from the SMB Security Tech Center:

• Secure Design on a Dime: Our Top 5 Best Practices for SMBs

SMB Security Newsfeed

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