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Malware Attacks Give Criminals 1,425% Return On Investment

Posted by samzenpus on from the bang-for-your-buck dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Trustwave released a new report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends. According to their findings, attackers receive an estimated 1,425 percent return on investment for exploit kit and ransomware schemes ($84,100 net revenue for each $5,900 investment). Retail was the most compromised industry making up 43 percent of investigations followed by food and beverage (13 percent) and hospitality (12 percent).

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  1. Sliced and Diced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I hope this is not true:

    http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/39x7w5/sourceforge_hijacks_firefox_project/

    1. Re:Sliced and Diced by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Whoever modded that down: The complaint about Sourceforge is on topic, and not just a rehash of older complaints either.

  2. Re:Credit card track data? by Steve+Newall · · Score: 3, Informative

    The liability shift for chip and PIN cards is scheduled for October this year in the US. Although the guestimates vary, probably around 20% of merchants will have an EMV (chip) reader by this time. When chip and PIN was introduced into Europe, there was a sharp increase in credit card fraud in non-chip regions (Canada for example), and when Canada introduced chip and PIN we noticed a sharp decrease in fraud, which we assume was moved into the US.