Four major studies published in the last few days by some of the best-known researchers in the industry. Each attack is hitting victims harder, both in the data center and on the bottom line. IBM’s X-Force unit has identified more than 210,000 new samples of malware so far this year. IBM has detected an increase in the trend toward selling “exploits as a service,” in which cybercriminals offer support as well as code. The cost of security breaches has more than doubled in the past 12 months, according to the CSI study.”]
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