Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by Tom Grubb
If you like to worry about cybercrime statics you’ll love Symantec’s new Global Internet Security Threat Report for 2009. Almost 100 pages full of interesting facts like “Symantec observed 6,798,338 distinct bot-infected computers in 2009,” the operative word being “observed.” In other words the actual number of bot infected computers is probably much greater and difficult to really know. I’ve read estimates ranging from 5% to 25% of all PCs worldwide are infected. The botnet population is a moving and morphing target, all you really have to know is that there are a lot of them thanks to evolving technology and clever deceptions aimed at the entire population of computer users.
Botnets are just one of the cybersecurity topics that ThreatMetrix CTO discussed with Infosec Island’s Anthony Freed in this just-published interview. Check it out here:
https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/3717-An-Interview-with-David-Jones-CTO-at-ThreatMetrix.html
- Tom
Tags: bots, research, symantec
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Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Tom Grubb
I wish all of the websites I do business with would fingerprint my computer to validate my identity. I’d sleep better at night knowing that computers used by criminals attempting to steal from me would be barred from entry because their computer’s unique fingerprint could never match that of my computer. I know more than the typical consumer about the high risk that goes with entering your PII (personally identifiable information) like your mother’s maiden name and social security number into a web form. I also know that it’s getting very hard not to surrender PII to accomplish anything of substance online.
Dr. Larry Ponemon knows a lot about what consumers are thinking about when it comes to their online privacy. He founded Ponemon Institute, dedicated to independent research and education that advances responsible information and privacy management practices within business and government. Several months ago we asked Dr. Ponemon to look into what consumers think about having their computers fingerprinted as a means to help protect them from online fraud. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Device Identification, PII, ponemon, ponemon institute, Privacy, research, security, study
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