Almost 70 percent of IT professionals suffer weekly phishing attacks

By: Ian Barker/ Posted on 8/27/2014
 
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A new survey sponsored by HP's TippingPoint network security arm looks at the main information security concerns of modern enterprises.
It reveals that 69 percent of IT professionals have to deal with phishing attacks at least once a week, with customer and financial data the main targets. The survey also finds that seven out of 10 attacks originating from inside the network come from a malware infected machine.
 "Organizations are increasingly challenged to protect their networks from advanced targeted attacks, in fact, it is likely that most environments have already been breached with systems infected by malware," says Frank Mong, vice president, Solutions, Enterprise Security Products at HP. "It's important that IT professionals understand how attackers are trying to break through the network, and have confidence in their ability to mitigat attacks when every second matters".
The survey of more than 200 US IT professionals also reveals that 60 percent of attacks come from malicious communication with the command and control server and more than half exploit software vulnerabilities.
 
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