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Symantec Internet security threat rpt highlights increased attacks on enterprises

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Sharath Kumar
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BANGALORE, INDIA: The security landscape is changing dramatically where attackers are unrelenting in the focus on large enterprises. Over 69 per cent of the targeted attacks in India carried out on enterprises, reveals the new Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) of Symantec Corp.

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The report also highlights a significant shift in cyber criminal behaviour, revealing the bad guys are plotting for months before pulling off huge heists - instead of execurity quick hits with smaller rewards.

Tarun Kaura, director, Technology sales at Symantec India said that: "One mega breach can be worth 50 smaller attacks. While the level of sophistication continues to grow among attackers, what was surprisingly last year was their willingness to be a lot more patient- waining to strike until the reward is bigger and better."

According to the report, there was a 62 per cent increase in the number of data breaches from the previous year, resulting in more than 552 million identities exposed - proving cybercrime remains a real and damaging threat to consumers and business alike.

The ISTR also points out that the size and scope of breaches is exploding, putting the trust and reputation of businesses at risk, and increasingly compromising consumer's personal information - from credit card numbers and medial records to passworks and bank account details. Each of the eight top data breaches in 2013 resulted in the loss of tens of millions of data records. By comparison, 2012 only had a single data breach reach that threshold.

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