Lock
Down: Our Top 6 Security Takeaways
used with permission from Cisco
If you€re
reading this right now, you€re on the internet. You appreciate the
ability to work, surf and shop on the world wide web without having
your information exploited, and you think you know the basics: use
secure sites, don€t store your credit card information, and don€t
open sketchy emails. In 2014, that may not be enough.
The sophistication of the technology and tactics used by
online criminals€and their nonstop attempts to breach networks and
steal data€have outpaced the ability of IT and security professionals
to address these threats. With the rush of new technology, new
threats were detected every day in 2013- up 14% from 2012. Here are
some of our guidelines for staying safe in 2014.
- Make sure your computer€s security system is ALWAYS up to
date. One-hundred percent of a sample of 30 of the world€s largest
Fortune 500 company networks generated visitor traffic to Web
sites that host malware.
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It€s not just your computer: Ninety-nine percent of all mobile
malware targeted Android devices.
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Diversity is key: Java is the most common language spoken by
computers- and the most frequently exploited programming language
targeted by online criminals.
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Multipurpose Trojans counted as the most frequently encountered
web-delivered malware, at 27 percent of total encounters in
2013. Keep your passwords safe and backdoors €locked€ by checking
all email attachments.
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Specific business sectors have a higher malware encounter
rates. You€ve always been careful accessing higher risk
sites in the pharmaceutical, chemical and electronics
manufacturing industries, but now we€ve seen more malware
encounters in the agriculture and mining sectors.
For more of our findings, check out the Cisco Annual Security
Report.
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