IFTO 2019 — Questão 43 · Sinônimos | Synonymous

Text related to questions 42 to 45.

5 Terrifying Cyber Crime Statistics

It may not be a nice topic to talk about, but it is essential that the world is aware of the terrifying cybercrime statistics in 2018.

Unfortunately, with technology on the rise, there’s more room for cybercrime in 2019. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, 43% of businesses were a victim of a cyber-security breach in the last 12 months. In the U.S., the state of California lost more than $214 million through cybercrime alone.

With evolving technology comes evolving hackers; the world are not keeping up with the fight against cybercrime – and that’s scary!

#1 | Over 24,000 malicious mobile apps are blocked daily Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report details that lifestyle apps are the main targets. The majority of these apps leak phone numbers. Further sensitive information like device location is also being made accessible. It would be completely impossible to monitor or check each of these apps for vulnerability issues.

In the first quarter of 2018, Google Play had over 3.8 million apps on their store.

#2 | 21% of files aren’t protected Varonis’s 2018 Global Data Risk Report is quite terrifying. 6.2 billion files were analysed. These files contained credit card information, health records, etc. 21% of these files were open for global access. Furthermore, 41% of companies have more than 1000 sensitive files open to everyone.

#3 | Personal data sells for as little as $0.20

Have you ever thought how much your personal data is worth to you? Well, to some, it could sell for as little as $0.20, up to $15. Credit card information and account information can be accessed and purchased much more easily than you might think. The value of information is dependent on the type of details included. For example, credit card details are more valuable than other information. As well as this, it’s also dependent on how easy it would be to resell the information. If it’s too difficult, the value of personal data decreases.

#4 | 300 billion passwords worldwide by 2020

It may seem like passwords are dying, due to encryption etc. but according to Cyber Security Media, they’re not. It’s predicted that 300 billion passwords will be used by 2020. That takes into account humans and machines! That’s an awful lot of passwords, all of which require cyber-security protection. If not, that’s 300 billion potential threats, worldwide.

#5 | More than 60% of fraud originates from mobile devices

The world has gone mobile, and so have fraudsters. 60% of fraud comes from mobile devices; of that figure, 80% comes from mobile apps. Once a cybercriminal has access to your mobile, it can access your mobile banking app and initiate multiple levels of cybercrime. Fraudulent transactions are now over double the value of real transactions.

Adapted from: https://www.vpngeeks.com/21-terrifyingcyber- crime-statistics-in-2018/ Access on April 26th, 2019

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