Tag: survey
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Didn’t come to VB2017? Tell us why!
Last week, hundreds of security researchers from around the world gathered in Madrid for VB2017 , the 27th Virus Bulletin International Conference. Every year, we ask those attending the conference to fill in a survey to help us understand what they liked and what they didn’t like about the event, and to hear their suggestions…
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Didn’t come to VB2017? Tell us why!
Last week, hundreds of security researchers from around the world gathered in Madrid for VB2017 , the 27th Virus Bulletin International Conference. Every year, we ask those attending the conference to fill in a survey to help us understand what they liked and what they didn’t like about the event, and to hear their suggestions…
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Throwback Thursday: IT Security Breaches: The 1994 NCC Survey
This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back to November 1994, when VB asked: what is the nature of the real virus problem, and how much does it cost? Year after year, we see reports and surveys revealing the latest cybercrime figures and statistics — in 2015, respondents to PwC ‘s Global State of Information…
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Survey reveals apathy surrounding anti-malware protection
Inconvenient subscription models preventing UK consumers from protecting their PCs adequately. A survey conducted in the UK by security firm GFI Software has revealed that 40% of respondents would rather let their anti-malware software lapse at the end of the initial subscription period than pay to renew the subscription, while 15.3% said that they would…
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Almost three quarters use same password for different sites
User continues to be the weakest link. 73% of computer users use the same password across multiple different accounts according to survey results released by security firm BitDefender . The survey revealed that 12% of respondents were willing to disclose their password to a stranger in order to discover whether it was strong enough. A…
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Net threats cost US $8.5 billion in two years
Study measures scale of scamming and other web worries. US consumer watchdog body Consumer Reports have released their annual ‘State of the Net’ study, finding a noticeable decline in malware and spam issues, but still significant amounts of money lost to malware and phishing, estimated at $8.5 billion over a two-year period. The survey covered…
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Almost 90% of Americans feel safe online
Users’ confidence does not match up with percentage of properly protected users. Research by StopBadware.org shows that 88% of Americans say they feel safe online, despite the current threats of phishing, spyware and other kinds of badware. Of survey participants who were under 30 – the generation that grew up with computers and the Internet…
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$3.2 billion lost in phishing attacks in 2007
Gartner survey reveals US losses to phishing gangs. Analyst firm Gartner has estimated that $3.2 billion was lost by 3.6 million US computer users in phishing attacks over the 12 months ending in August 2007. Gartner arrived at the figures after surveying more than 4,500 US adult computer users. The survey found that, of those…
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SANS issues vulnerability top 20
Annual study of security risks finds software and humans present dangers. The SANS Institute has released its annual survey of vulnerabilities putting computer systems and networks at risk, finding increasing threat levels in server and client side software as well as a growing trend of risks emerging from human nature rather than programming flaws. The…
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US users overestimating PC security
Survey finds people are less protected than they think. A joint study carried out by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has found that many US consumers wrongly assume their computers are safe from malware and infiltration. Computer users were questioned about security software running on their home machines, and their answers compared…