A FireEye white paper entitled Protecting Data From the Cyber Theft Pandemic offers advice on preventing data theft via malware.

"Defending corporate networks from today's malware-related data thefts requires modern protection that goes beyond current signature- and heuristic-based detection techniques," the white paper states. "Modern threats exploit the inability of conventional network protection to provide a unified defense against a criminal who attacks on multiple fronts, from OS and browser vulnerabilities to social engineering."

Click here to access the FireEye white paper.