While many headlines spell doom and gloom when it comes to computer-related misdeeds, the average losses at businesses due to cybercrime continue to drop, according to a new survey. For the fourth straight year, the losses incurred by businesses due to incidents such as computer break-ins have dropped, according to the 2006 annual Computer Security Institute and FBI survey, Robert Richardson, editorial director at the CSI, said in a presentation at the CSI NetSec conference.