McAfee, Inc. announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals.

Researchers in George Mason University’s Center for Secure Information Systems have developed new software that can reduce the impact of cyber attacks by identifying the possible vulnerability paths through an organization’s networks.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today reported an increase in malware volume and sophistication, the rise of exploit leasing and a lower number of vulnerability disclosures versus the first half of 2006 as part of its security statistics report for the first half of 2007.

To help pave the way for future combat operations in the cyber domain, Eighth Air Force Commander Lt Gen. Robert Elder and his staff hosted a meeting at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, La on July 16-17 to bring together preeminent cyber science and technology experts from across the country.

For almost a month, Estonia has been subject to massive and coordinated cyberattacks on websites run by the government, banks, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, and media outlets.

A senior Estonian official has called for clear international rules to prevent cyber attacks against government websites. Madis Mikko, head of the Estonian Defense Ministry's Department of Public Relations, said Estonian government websites were attacked by hackers allegedly operating from computers inside Russia.