North American businesses suffer twice as many cyber attacks

A new report from Kaspersky Lab finds that businesses in North America are significantly less protected against cyberattacks compared to those worldwide. According to the study 20 percent of global enterprises suffered four or more data breaches in the past year, while 44 percent of North American businesses suffered a similar number of attacks. Two of the top causes of serious data breaches are careless or uninformed employee actions (59 percent) and phishing or social engineering (56 percent). The survey shows that cybercriminals are successfully hacking their way into corporations through uninformed employees. In addition the results reveal that 52 percent of… [Continue Reading]