Symantec’s
Internet Security Threat Report 2016
Good News
The good news is that apparently we
are sharing less personal information on Facebook. Even though one doesn’t know
if this is because of the awareness of the pitfalls of sharing personal
information online, a change in user demographics, or just a fatigue with the
way the platform functions, it still bodes well from a security perspective
since making personal information public — and social media is a public
platform irrespective of all our privacy settings — is a risk to our
cyber-safety.
Bad News
The bad news though is that cybercrime
is getting more and more sophisticated and showing no signs of abating. Quite
the opposite, in fact. So says Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 2016,
released earlier this month. According to it, in the year 2015, there were
430.5 million malware pieces created—that is, almost 1.2 million per day. Add
to that more than one zero-day vulnerability discovered per week (54 in the
year). With cybercriminals becoming more innovative and security breaches
rising, it makes getting online more dangerous than it has ever been.
Link for the Report | https://www.symantec.com/security-center/threat-report
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
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Future Librarianship: Innovation for Excellence (NCFL 2016) on April 23,
2016. The title of the paper is “Removing
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