EASY PRAY:

Unsecured wi-fi connections are vulnerable to BOT attacks. Statistics shows that Indians using unsecured wi-fi connections and the functions the performs here are as per below mention uses –

1)      61% -     Indians access their Social Network Accounts through this.

2)      54% -     Indians access their personal e-mail through this.

3)      42% -     Indians access their Bank Accounts through this type of connections.

4)      44% -     Indians shop online through this unsecured Wi-Fi connections.

INDIA’S SHARE IN GLOBAL CYBER-CRIME INCIDENTS

    11%    Ransom ware                    11%  Identity-Theft                        9%   Phishing

SUSPICIOUS TRAFFIC IN THE US                                          

Q.2-2013                                            WEB - 42%                         MOBILE - 22%    

Q.3-2013                                            WEB - 51%                         MOBILE - 27%

WORLD AVERAGE NUMBER OF TARGETED ATTACKS PER DAY

Source:  Symantech’s                      116%

Internet Security Threat                            82%

Report; Norton Report;                                       77%

Kaspersky Lab Cyber-Threat                   

Report, Solve Media,

Incapsula.

BAD BOTS:   includes  (a)  Spammers  (b)  Hacking Tools  (c)  Impersonators  (d)  Scrapers (may also be good one)

DAMAGE:     Data Theft, Malware Injection and Distribution, Website/server hijacking, Website defacement and content deletion.

TARGET:       Anyone, most commonly travel industry websites, classifieds, news sites, e-stores and forums.

Continued -  Ref:  Hindustan Times dtd. 5^th January 2014