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INTERNET SECURITY THREAT REPORT
INTERNET SECURITY THREAT REPORT
New technology opens the door for new threats to your security. Learn more about the risks your infrastructure is currently facing with this interactive infographic.
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The Threat Landscape
If there is one thing that can be said about the threat landscape, and Internet security as a whole, it is that the only constant is change. This can clearly be seen in 2014: a year with far-reaching vulnerabilities, faster attacks, files held for ransom, and far more malicious code than in previous years.
Today, hackers are developing more and more methods to affect the safety of your technology...
By deploying legitimate software onto compromised machines, hackers can continue their attacks without risking discovery by anti-malware tools.
By leveraging a company’s management tools, hackers have the ability to move stolen intellectual property around the corporate network before exfiltrating it.
Commonly available crimeware tools can become a danger as hackers continue to disguise themselves and their true intentions.
Hackers created custom attack software that they deployed from their victims’ own servers.
Stolen email accounts are being used from one corporate victim to spear-phish their next corporate victim.
Trojans are often found hidden inside software vendor updates where they trick targeted companies into infecting themselves.
Attackers are moving faster, and our defenses are not
Attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities more rapidly than companies can defend against them. In 2014, it took software companies an average of 59 days to create and roll out patches for zero-days—up from only four days in 2013.
How many pieces of malware were created last year?
218 million
317 million
410 million
You're Incorrect.
The correct answer is 317 million.
In the last year there have been more than 317 million new pieces of malware created, meaning nearly one million new threats were released into the wild each day.
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317 million is the correct answer.
In the last year there have been more than 317 million new pieces of malware created, meaning nearly one million new threats were released into the wild each day.
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Email remains a significant attack vector for cybercriminals, but there is a clear movement toward social media platforms.
Email remains a significant attack vector for cybercriminals, but there is a clear movement toward social media platforms.
In 2014, Symantec observed that 70 percent of social media scams were manually shared, meaning cybercriminals are tricking people into scamming their friends.
In 2014, Symantec observed that 70 percent of social media scams were manually shared, meaning cybercriminals are tricking people into scamming their friends.
True or False
All mobile devices are safe from threats and grayware?
True
False
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The correct answer is False.
Mobile was also ripe for attack, as many people only associate cyber threats with their PCs and neglect even basic security precautions on their smartphones. In 2014, Symantec found that 17 percent of all Android apps (nearly one million total) were actually malware in disguise. Additionally grayware apps, which aren’t malicious by design but do annoying and inadvertently harmful things like track user behavior, accounted for 36 percent of all mobile apps.
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False is the correct answer.
Mobile was also ripe for attack, as many people only associate cyber threats with their PCs and neglect even basic security precautions on their smartphones. In 2014, Symantec found that 17 percent of all Android apps (nearly one million total) were actually malware in disguise. Additionally grayware apps, which aren’t malicious by design but do annoying and inadvertently harmful things like track user behavior, accounted for 36 percent of all mobile apps.
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Research has discovered the following:
of health apps...
...did not have so much as a privacy policy in place, and 20% sent personal information, logins and passwords over the wire in clear text.
of users admitted...
...they did not know what they agreed to give access to on their phone when downloading an application.
of users were willing...
...to trade their privacy for nothing more than a free app.
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