Infographic: Cyber Security in 2012
As the brightest and best in information security gather at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, a number of industry reports are being released.
Just as physical security manufacturers clamour for their new products to be seen every May at IFSEC International, so too do cybersecurity experts clamour for their knowledge to be seen.
And so it is that we share with you PandaLabs’ look back at cybersecurity in 2012, presented here in the now-ubiquitous format of infographic.
Here are some of the 2012 highlights:
- Six million passwords were stolen in the massive LinkedIn security breach.
- China was the world’s most malware-infected country (in percentage terms), while Sweden was the least.
- Every day, an average of 74,000 new examples of malware were discovered.
- Almost 32 percent of the computers that PandaLabs scanned were infected with malware.
You can see the full 2012 PandaLabs Annual Report here.
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Infographic: Cyber Security in 2012
As the brightest and best in information security gather at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, a number of industry […]
Robert Ratcliff
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Congrats to the UK! I believe Canada ranked 10th, not too shabby.
I do think they should have included the hacking of Global Payments which lead Visa to pull their seal of approval for the company. I think that would have earned them a spot on the infographic.
Wow — I actually missed that one. To be honest, it surprised me the UK ranked so highly. Whereas Sweden winning just reinforces my dreadful stereotype that everyone in Sweden is a computer genius, like the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Most of the Cyber crme debates have ignored the impact it has on Africa as most businesses operating in Africa takes this for granted. This is another means those cyber criminals are exploiting which have adverse effects on businesses financies and interllectual properties.
We turn to ignore basic checks of dont open emails documents from sources you dont know. some of the websites we visit have secret codes to cause data harm in the long term.
We turn to ignore basic checks of dont open emails documents from sources you dont know.
@George Brown, I totally agree with you. We should always follow basic security checks so that we can effectively tackle cyber crime. Most worrying part is smartphones are also being targeted by cyber criminals and many of us are still unaware of this.
@Robert Brown, thanks for sharing this info. Its interesting to know that most of the malware affected nations belong to Asia and least malware affected nations belong to Europe. Any particular reason why Asian countries are more prone to malware attacks ?
Thanks
As we grow electronically, we should not ignore the basis of effective security checks in order to aviod spending unnecessary money trying to secured the cyber-free crimes. For instance, youmay find out that most people do not sign off from their emails accounts on their mobile phones. These portal devices are easy target for cyber crimes.
The basic security check is always make sure you sign off when not in use
Rob
Malware affect everyone not only Europe, USA and Asia. The reason why we are not concern much about its effect on the Africa continent is because, there has been no major incident. It is time bomb in waiting . Time will tell its effect globally.
Secondly, there is no research and records kept on this issue for most African nations . hence, making it difficult to qualify the total cost to the African Nations
There is also lack of clear laws in Africa which deals with Malwares.
For instance, youmay find out that most people do not sign off from their emails accounts on their mobile phones.
@George Brown, we should be also careful when downloading Apps from app-store because according to recent report from the security firm Kaspersky, malware on smartphones increased more than 780 percent compared to 2011.
I agree with you completely as downloads open our data and platform to cyber crime
@ Sunita . I think protection against malware can not be ensured 100%. Some infectious virus would sneak in despite having latest virus definitions in your anti-virus software. I agree with you that we must be very careful while downloading new and unknown apps on our smartphones. Sometimes these malwares are delibertely offered with pop ups and attractive packages to attract customers. Traffic on smartphones is spreading malware at humungous pace. File sharing from other phones and recieving unknown attachments on smartphones has also become a cause of malware spread.
Sounds like you’re hitting the nail on the head. The economic damage is smaller currently, but the longer malware and other cyber threats go unchecked in Africa the more likely it is to impact on the global economy.
Seems strang doesn’t it? Could it be that there are less virus control programmes on computers in Asia, than there is in Europe and the US? Or is it just dodgy estimating on PandaLabs’ part? Maybe…
The truth is that, there is no need to spend huge sums of money on cyber security infrastructures and enablers where there is no immediate security treats: hence the lack of proper cyber security controls in most part of the world like Africa and Asia. This may not be good business targets for such countries, however we can create the awareness throught education, seminars and training in those continents.
Could it be that there are less virus control programmes on computers in Asia, than there is in Europe and the US?
@Robert Brown, I dont think this is the case. Most of the computers do have Anti-Virus software installed.
yes, you are both right, each pc from the store in USA/Canada/Europe have preinstalled Anti-Virus or Internet security good for 30 to 90 days…
in Asia it a like free for all… anything goes…
I think the good option would be for a Co. to train it employees in basics of Cyber Security… with idea security is everyones problem… and employess need to be on guard every day… as security stronger as it weakest link… human/end user…
I believed in basic security checks and creating awareness for every one who has access to the data or the systems in question. For example a security prevention will appear on the page when you sign in by saying report any unfamiliar pop up or messages to the systems or security administrator.
A basic security check will prevent compromising on cyber security