Internet Threats - Will You Know What To Do?
Posted by Greg Barrow on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
We created a short video to make people and businesses aware of some of the internet threats that we all face today. To be prudent in today's internet world, you need to be prepared to respond quickly and effectively to internet threats before they affect your customers, suppliers, stakeholders or employees. You need to have someone to call who understands these challenges and can act on your behalf.
As the leader in internet threat management, BrandProtect has been empowering many of the largest organizations in the world, including 5 of the top 10 banks in North America, for over a decade to gain control over how they are represented online, by uncovering and mitigating the issues that put their rights, reputation and revenue streams at risk.
In addition to its more comprehensive enterprise services, BrandProtect also has developed internet911, a program designed for small to mid-sized companies.
The sources for the stats in the video came from various website articles and reports that can all be found online. Some reports are only available to purchase, while others simply require you to fill out a form with your contact information.
1) The Aberdeen Group has estimated that $221 billion a year is lost by businesses worldwide due to identity theft. The Aberdeen Group
http://www.spamlaws.com/id-theft-statistics.html
2) More than 11.1 million adults in the U.S. were victims of identity theft and fraud in 2009. Javelin Strategy http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3864616/Identity-Theft-Cost-Victims-54B-in-2009.htm https://www.javelinstrategy.com/
3) In the last three months of 2009,over 1,000,000 computers in both China and the United States were hacked. McAfee http://www.mcafee.com/us/local_content/reports/threats_2009Q4_final.pdf
4) 8 percent of all registration data was simply false. That's 8 million fake domains in operation. ICANN
http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/reports/whois-accuracy-study-17jan10-en.pdf
5) 14 % of branded searches online go somewhere other than the brand owner’s site. Hitwise
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/25034.asp
6) Over $400 Billion of counterfeit goods are sold online, with technology products making up over ¼ of this. Havocscope.com
http://www.havocscope.com/activities/counterfeit-and-piracy/
7) There has been a 70% rise in the proportion of firms that report encountering spam and malware attacks via social networks during 2009. Sophos
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8) Over 72% of firms believe that employees’ behavior on social networking sites could endanger their business’s security. Sophos http://www.ithound.com/computing/view_abstract/3511/it-amp-systems-management/security-solutions/security-monitoring/security-threat-report-2010-social-networking-sites-web-clicks-biggest-source-malware
9) $559 Million in Online Fraud. The Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2009_IC3Report.pdf
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