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Stolen credentials most common way cyber criminals gain access

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Federal News Network Staff
July 28, 2010 5:29 pm
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Cybersecurity Update – Tune in weekdays at 30 minutes past the hour for the latest cybersecurity news on The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris (6-10 a.m.) and DorobekInsider with Chris Dorobek (3-5 p.m.). Federal Security Spotlight and we bring you a sneak peak of the show today. (Listen to the full show tomorrow at 10 a.m.)

  • The Secret Service and Verizon teamed up to create the most comprehensive data breach investigation report to date. And the results were surprising. Despite an overall decline in data breaches from last year, the report says there was a large increase in the number of insider threats. The most common way cybercriminals were able to gain access into organizations? Stolen credentials. The study points out that most of the breaches would have been avoidable if security basics had been followed. It also says agencies are still sluggish in detecting and responding to cyber attacks.

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