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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and chat-based attacks continue to dominate, but their share of all attacks dropped in favor of an increasing number of P2P attacks.

In February, Waltham, Mass.-based IMlogic Inc. and San Diego-based Akonix Systems Inc. released reports showing a dramatic spike in IM threats last year and an IT community that has yet to achieve an adequate defense.

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CompTIA also noted that in the last several years, organizations have equipped themselves with sophisticated security infrastructure that better detect and prevent attacks.

The study found that 96 percent of respondents use antivirus software while 91 percent have firewalls and proxy servers, in addition to disaster recovery plans, intrusion detection systems and information security policies.

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Of the other identity theft victims, about 25 percent had banking and other types of accounts used without permission, 15 percent had their personal information misused, and about 12 percent faced a combination of several types of ID theft.

Based on these numbers, the nationwide estimated loss during the six months of the study amounted to $3.2 billion, for an annualized total of $6.4 billion.

“It’s usually a phenomenon that’s experienced by the young and those in urban households,” she said.

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“The question becomes whether companies are focusing their dollars on potential disruptions that have the highest probability of affecting the organization,” Caprio said.

The survey found that more than 60% of respondents say 10% or less of their data center budgets are allocated to risk management, while only 18% dedicate 25% or more of the budget in that area. While 42% don’t foresee implementing some form of grid computing or virtual processing in their data center, 37% say they will within two years, 17% within five years, and 4% within 10 years. Nearly a third expect to have to relocate their data centers, while 45% believe they will need to make major improvements to existing data centers.

In the past five years, 34% of respondents have had to upgrade or add feeders to their data centers to accommodate higher loads, 14% had to build new centers with additional capacity to meet IT requirements, and 8% had to ask landlords for more electrical capacity.

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Andrew Durant, BDO’s head of fraud investigation, says to combat such crimes firms need better employee access management and fraud detection systems. But detective chief inspector Stuart Dark from the Metropolitan Police’s Economic and Specialist Crime Unit, says employee screening and internal processes are equally important.

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US IT managers regard keeping anti-virus software and firewalls up to date; using intrusion detection and prevention technologies, and implementing vulnerability/patch management on their networks as the three most important measures. In contrast, international managers place a higher priority on IPS/IDS technologies (33 percent compared with 20 percent in the US) and on file encryption (18 percent compared with 7 percent of US businesses).

“IT executives are making it very clear how seriously they take cybercrime threat, both from internal and external sources,” said Stuart McIrvine, director of IBM’s security strategy. “The nature of crime is changing, and businesses, technology providers and law enforcement must work together to ensure the right safeguards are being put in place to securely operate in today’s environment.”

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