Cyber global warming: six steps towards meltdown
There are many inconvenient truths regarding cybercrime. Every second in 2016, someone became a victim of cybercrime, meaning around a million people were affected – whether it was by data breaches, fraud or malware – every single day. Cybercrime is a serious threat to businesses, individuals and ev...
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| Published in | Network security Vol. 2017; no. 10; pp. 11 - 13 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01.10.2017
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | There are many inconvenient truths regarding cybercrime. Every second in 2016, someone became a victim of cybercrime, meaning around a million people were affected – whether it was by data breaches, fraud or malware – every single day. Cybercrime is a serious threat to businesses, individuals and even nation states.
Every second in 2016, someone became a victim of cybercrime, making it a serious threat to businesses, individuals and even nations.
This, of course, makes cybercrime big business. So, how has the issue of cybercrime reached this point and what can be done to stop an already hot issue from heating ever closer towards meltdown? Brian Laing of Lastline explores six seemingly disparate factors that, when combined, provide a telling insight into the state of cyber-security in 2017 and beyond. |
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| ISSN: | 1353-4858 1872-9371 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S1353-4858(17)30103-4 |