Today almost every user browsing Internet is at risk. The increase in threats related to social networking sites, banking security, botnets, and attacks targeting users, businesses, and even applications made Internet a risky landscape. Many industry consultants and analysts refer Internet
Today almost every user browsing Internet is at risk. The increase in threats related to social networking sites, banking security, botnets, and attacks targeting users, businesses, and even applications made Internet a risky landscape. Many industry consultants and analysts refer Internet as ‘Wild West’ because of its huge insecurity, where nobody or no website can be trusted. Every year, cyber crime costs billions of dollars to repair systems hit by attacks and loss in productivity because of disruptions. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), consumers and businesses lost $5.8 billion in 2009 due to cyber crime.
Risks increased exponentially
Today, any user can get affected by cyber threats through browsing, searching or merely visiting legitimate sites than ever before in the Internet history. Malicious web links are sprouting at a rapid pace. According to CA Internet Security Business Unit (ISBU), 78% of threats came from online interaction during the first six months of 2009. IBM’s ‘X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report’, states that there was more than 500% increase in new malicious web links in the first six months of 2009. The vulnerability towards the threats seems to have reached the peak point. In the first half