Recent reports on data loss have revealed that 2008 had at least 90 confirmed data breaches with over 285 million compromised records. In fact, there were more compromised records in 2008 than in the four previous years combined.

Of the businesses hit by data breaches, two-thirds were retail and financial firms. Eighty percent of the businesses that reported data breaches were not compliant with the Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard (PCI - DSS). Many of those organizations could have prevented the security breach and subsequent loss of revenue, credibility and cash flows with marginal improvements to their security systems.

Symantec has released a report that shows threats from malware and cyber attacks continue to grow and are unlikely to slow over the next two years. The report shows that IT managers at large organizations, like Small to Midsize Business managers are experiencing tightening budgets, increased regulations and challenges in providing adequate staffing to secure their corporate data.

Adobe has reacted quickly to patch the JBIG2Decode vulnerability that could infect your computer with no user interaction. Adobe announced the flaw on February 20 and experts at the time recommended disabling JavaScript to stop any malicious attacks that exploited the vulnerability.