22. January 2011 · Comments Off on Cisco 2010 Annual Security Report – Cybercrime ROI Matrix · Categories: blog · Tags: , , , , ,

ReadWrite Enterprise has a nice summary of the Cisco 2010 Annual Security Report. Here are some of the key points.

Cisco goes MBA-ish with a quadrant to show trends in cybercriminals’ attack methods.

Social engineering continues as a key technique. Cisco highlights the seven weaknesses social engineers exploit: sex appeal, greed, vanity, trust, sloth, compassion, and urgency. Cisco recalls the Robin Sage fiasco.

Java has become the number one target for cybercriminals replacing PDF.

And of course, Cisco acknowledges Stuxnet and the “evil” cybercrime winner.