Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Niels Provo - Google Security Team
The number of entries on our malware list has more than doubled in one year, and we have seen periods in which 40,000 web sites were compromised per week.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
McAfee, August 2005
63% more computers were infested with malicious code--i.e. spyware, adware, etc.--in the first six months of 2005 than all of 2004.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005
25% of internet users say they always read user agreements, privacy statements or other disclaimers before installing or downloading files from the internet.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005
60% of internet users who report computer problems do not know the source.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005
Over 80% of internet users no longer open attachments from unknown sources.
Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2005
More than 90% of internet users have changed their habits to try and reduce their exposure to spyware.
Ponemon Institute LLC, October 2005
12% of respondents say their confidence in a company had actually increased after they were notified of a personal data security breach; 58% said a breach had decreased their sense of trust and confidence in the organization.
CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, October 2005
Total cybercrime losses in 2005 were $130.1 million; the majority of the losses were due to viruses, unauthorized access to computer systems and theft of propriety information.
Ponemon Institute, December 2005
20% of consumers terminated a relationship with a company after being notified of a security breach.
Javelin Strategy & Research, December 2005
People who bank online are less likely to become victims of fraud and suffer an average loss of $551 compared to $4,500 for paper and mail bankers.
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, October 2005
Phishing grew from an average of 2.99 million messages, to 5.70 million.
Sophos, January 2006
Computer security threats, including viruses, worms and Trojan horses were up 48% in 2005 from the previous year.
Enterprise Strategy Group, March 2006
68% of information security professionals at large organizations say laptops pose the biggest security risk.
FierceWireless/BluefireWireless Security, April 2006
85% say handheld devices used in their organization should require security protection.
McAfee Inc., May 2006
US users land on malicious websites about 285 million times per month by clicking on results from the five major search engines.
Runzheimer International, July 2006
72% of businesses express concern about information and/or physical security of company assets located off-premise.
VISA USA/US Chamber of Commerce, July 2006
64% of small businesses say they've taken action to better protect customer financial information.
Ponemon Institute/ArcSight, September 2006
The average cost of insider data breaches is $3.4 million per business per year.
Consumer Reports, September 2006
U.S. consumers spent $7.8 billion over the last two years for computer repairs, parts and replacements because of malware attacks.
Consumer Reports, September 2006
Roughly 1 in 3 computer users has been a victim of viruses, spyware or phishing.
Nucleus Research and KnowledgeStorm, November 2006
1 in 3 workers jot down their computer password, undermining their security.
Gartner Inc., November 2006
The average loss per phishing victim jumped from $257 in 2005 to $1,244 in 2006.
Ernst & Young, November 2006
43% of organizations say their information security function is now part of their organizations' risk management function.
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