Malware
August 2017
How much is your computer worth? What about your smartphone? Your identity? Everything has a price and cybercriminals are looking to profit. The World Economic Forum estimates that the global cost of cybercrime was $445 billion in 2016. This is big business.
But the stakes are much higher than money. We’ve seen ransomware attacks hit hospitals, putting lives at risk. We’ve seen attacks on critical infrastructure, like power grids and water treatment facilities—things we rely on every single day. Cyber threats become more sophisticated every day. The need for us to be strong human firewalls united in the fight against cybercrime is greater than ever!
- According the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, what percentage of phishing emails are clicked through? (12 percent)
- What does BEC stand for? (Business Email Compromise)
- Malicious advertising that cybercriminals run on legit websites is known as what? (Malvertising)
- How many mobile malware detections were there in 2016? (18.4 million)
- Malicious mobile applications that impersonate legit banking apps and steal account info are known as what? (Banking Trojans)