eWEEKs review of data breaches, hacker turf wars, and major security threats for the first half of 2011 by Fahmida Y. Rashid, reveals that 2011 is fast becoming the “year of the data breach.” This conclusion is based on the Internet threat trends and significant insights presented by IT security specialists, such as Secunia.

Each slide of the slide show that accompanies the article presents a different insight, thus creating a concise overview of the current cyber-threat landscape. Secunia’s insights are presented on slide number one, including how cyber-attackers aren’t interested in 0-days as unpatched programs using well-known, and fixed, vulnerabilities are proving to be lucrative targets. 

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