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Date	Title	Source	Description
February 2010	Weakest Link: End-user education	SC Magazine	Capitol Hill is truly bipartisan when it comes to the importance of cybersecurity legislation. Key among new recommendations is mandatory security awareness training of all House members and their staffs.
September 2009	1.7 Million UK Internet users vulnerable to Internet fraud because of password reuse	ComputerWeekly.com	Millions of web users in the UK are at risk to falling victim to Internet fraud because they reuse passwords for every Internet account according to research sponsored by insurer CPP Group.
August 2009	Web surfers who search for Jessica Biel more likely to land on malicious site	McAfee	According to Internet Security company McAfee, Inc., Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace. You have a 1 in 5 chance of landing on a site that has tested positive for online threats including malware and phishing. Cybercriminals use tantalizing stories about these celebrities to lure in unsuspecting fans.
June 2009	U.S business underfund security training; suffer more breaches, increased costs	Channel Insider	U.S. businesses spend less on security awareness and certification compared to businesses in other parts of the world, accorded to the CompTIA 7th Annual Security Research Study. U.S. businesses also suffer more breaches and increased costs related to security incidents.
March 2009	New study details the dynamics of successful phishing	ZDNet	The Intrepidus Group found that 23% of people worldwide fall for spear phishing attacks. If the phishing attack used an authoritative tone, the attack was 40% more successful. People were more likely to click on links than to provide sensitive data.
March 2009	Informed P2P User Act	Library of Congress	Proposed legislation, H.R. 1319, will require that peer-to-peer (P2P) provides notice of both what P2P software will do and what files will be shared as part of the installation and activation process.
February 2009	Data about Obama's helicopter breached via P2P?	CNET News	"What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, Md., had a file-sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One," Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, told WPXI.
February 2009	2008 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach	PGP	Eighty-eight percent of data breaches resulted from insider negligence according to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute for the PGP Corporation. The estimated cost was $199 pre record breached for insider negligence. Abnormal customer churn rate resulting from a data breach was 3.6 percent.

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Source

Description

February 2010

Weakest Link: End-user education

SC Magazine

Capitol Hill is truly bipartisan when it comes to the importance of cybersecurity legislation. Key among new recommendations is mandatory security awareness training of all House members and their staffs.

September 2009

1.7 Million UK Internet users vulnerable to Internet fraud because of password reuse

ComputerWeekly.com

Millions of web users in the UK are at risk to falling victim to Internet fraud because they reuse passwords for every Internet account according to research sponsored by insurer CPP Group.

August 2009

Web surfers who search for Jessica Biel more likely to land on malicious site

McAfee

According to Internet Security company McAfee, Inc., Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace. You have a 1 in 5 chance of landing on a site that has tested positive for online threats including malware and phishing. Cybercriminals use tantalizing stories about these celebrities to lure in unsuspecting fans.

June 2009

U.S business underfund security training; suffer more breaches, increased costs

Channel Insider

U.S. businesses spend less on security awareness and certification compared to businesses in other parts of the world, accorded to the CompTIA 7th Annual Security Research Study. U.S. businesses also suffer more breaches and increased costs related to security incidents.

March 2009

New study details the dynamics of successful phishing

ZDNet

The Intrepidus Group found that 23% of people worldwide fall for spear phishing attacks. If the phishing attack used an authoritative tone, the attack was 40% more successful. People were more likely to click on links than to provide sensitive data.

March 2009

Informed P2P User Act

Library of Congress

Proposed legislation, H.R. 1319, will require that peer-to-peer (P2P) provides notice of both what P2P software will do and what files will be shared as part of the installation and activation process.

February 2009

Data about Obama's helicopter breached via P2P?

CNET News

"What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, Md., had a file-sharing program on one of their systems that also contained highly sensitive blueprints for Marine One," Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, told WPXI.

February 2009

2008 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach

PGP

Eighty-eight percent of data breaches resulted from insider negligence according to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute for the PGP Corporation. The estimated cost was $199 pre record breached for insider negligence. Abnormal customer churn rate resulting from a data breach was 3.6 percent.