Each minute in 2010 there were 45 new viruses created, 200 new malicious websites established, 180 personal identities stolen, 5,000 new versions of malware created and most importantly, 2 million dollars lost.  

Aon Corp. has sold more cyber insurance products in the last year and a half than the five years prior combined, marking an upward trend in enterprises' awareness of cyber threats.

Ignorance is not bliss for companies facing cyber threats; a lack of knowledge of cyber security risks is the most likely cause of a successful malware attack. 

Requests for 2,500 absentee ballots, many originating from a few IP addresses overseas, caught the attention of fraud-detection software and election officials as the first cyberattack on an electronic election process. 

A study from (ISC)2 found that the global shortage of IT security professionals is driven by a combination of business conditions, executives who don't understand the need for security and an inability to locate enough qualified IT security professionals.

Hundreds of terabytes of data have been stolen from U.S. and other foreign companies and governments, Mandiant's report states. 

A lack of early security training for programmers is partly to blame, researchers say. 

 BYOD trends, cloud computing bring changes in perception and thinking in 2013.

McAfee released its annual 2013 Threat Predictions report, highlighting the top threats McAfee Labs foresees for 2013.

Threats involving authentication attacks, espionage and hacktivism will continue to be the biggest concern, the report states.