This was probably the biggest week in history in terms of public data
breaches. That's just the tip of the iceberg. The big banks are
reporting 5 to 8 fold increases in losses to cyber fraud. Federal
agencies and government contractors are finding systems all over that
have been penetrated with root kits and very sensitive data stolen.
cyber crime is increasing at an increasing rate because it is profitable
and because it provides nation state advantages. Many companies are
trying to fight back by buying security tools and praying nothing
happens. That is foolhardy at best and criminally negligent at worst.
Their people cannot ensure a perimeter is secure, cannot find a
malicious network trace; cannot run hacker tools to find weak
penetration points; cannot harden a Windows or UNIX system. It's
embarrassing how easy we make cyber crime.