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Mar 12
2011

Monetary Value per System Owned – The Evolution of Endpoint Attacks

Posted by Don Eijndhoven in Endpoint Security , DDOS
Don Eijndhoven

Recently some people working for a client of mine expressed the sentiment that they felt that their business wasn't a target for an actual hacker (as opposed to automated attacks). This despite the fact that they had been attacked on two different occasions in a manner that indicated it was the same (thankfully clueless) attacker. Also, the company in question is doing business in a field that seems especially ripe for the proverbial plucking; a lot of money is being made by virtually every player there. One would think that security would be a bigger issue for these folks, but apparently the message hasn't fully landed everywhere.

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