The simple fact is that cyber criminals today want information that they can use to make money. We recently published the Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report and revealed trends, attack methods and findings from the hundreds of investigations we performed of data breaches at organizations around the world. We found that nearly 90 percent of attacks were designed to steal customer information including cardholder data, e-mail addresses and account information.
Every day, criminals find new ways to breach systems and steal that information. Some of the attacks are targeted, extremely technical and stealthy in nature. However, many attacks simply take advantage of poor security practices like using an easily guessable password for protecting critical business systems. Or, in the case of many restaurants and franchise businesses, unsecure and public WiFi networks are conveniently (for the criminal) connected to point of sale systems. Would you like some credit-card information with your coffee?
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