Computers, like humans, have millions of viruses and bugs — and just like us some don’t have any cures! Isn’t that a cool analogy? And the facts associated with Computer threats, as the following infographics are going to show you, are even cooler!
Infographic Details:
In a single year
1.656.227 computer viruses, worms, and trojans were found active. In 2002, there were only 20.000 threats
2.6 million total malicious code threats have been detected
Data breach
23% of all malicious activity was US based
The average cost of a data breach was $6.7 million
27% of data breaches occurred in the education sector
Phishing
76% of all phishing scams target the financial industry
24% target: ISP, retail, Internet government, online gaming
Fine print
Credit card info accounts for 32% of all stolen information that was sold. (All your accounts hacked)
Each card number sells for $0.06 to $30. Each account sells for $10-$1000. Bank account credentials represent another of 19% of sold information
Symantec is the largest developer of computer security software
Spam levels in 2009 +192%
They process 8 billion phishing and spams emails per day
They track over 32.000 vulnerabilities
Spanning 72.000 technologies
And 11.000 vendors
Symantec observes about 75.000 bot-infected machines per day (warning, warning, warning, virus, virus, virus)
13% of them are in China, making it the most infected country
4% are in Buenos Aires, the most infected city
Which browser is looking out for you? (Apple vs. Mozilla)
Apple safari takes 9 days on Avg. between identification of vulnerability and providing a patch to secure it
Mozilla firefox takes less than one day.
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