The IoT trend is yet another example of business decisions that conflict with personal privacy. With billions of the things we use every day being converted into IoT devices, this problem will only grow. According to an October Gallup poll , Americans spend more time worrying about hackers and identity theft than they do about traditional problems like burglaries, muggings, even terrorist attacks.
It is clear that cybersecurity issues are major worries for Americans and probably the citizens of other technologically advanced countries. It seems that efforts to stop cybercriminals from getting access to our systems are not working well enough.
According to venture capitalist Betsy Atkins, writing for Forbes. This approach makes sense to me, as the Ponemon study cited earlier states that a company typically takes days more than 6 months to discover that its systems have been breached. Growing concerns over data privacy are pushing this number higher every year:. The key to surviving it is to get better at detecting the breaches and faster at fixing the problems and vulnerabilities. While it seems that most hack attacks aim to steal data from their targets, there is something even nastier going on out there.
This uptrend is marked by the return of a new, more powerful version of Shamoon , malware which targets organizations in the Middle East and erases their data. On June 22, , Christopher C.
Read my statement on Iranian cybersecurity threats below. Despite the seemingly endless stream of news reports on Cyber Attacks against businesses, according to a survey by Minerva Labs, most IT professionals think their organization is not secure against attacks.
According to this report by Deloitte, there are 14 Cyber Attack Impact Factors that can plague a company long after the IT folks deal with the initial attack.
Here are a few of those Impact Factors:. The long-term costs to a business and its brand image from a cyber attack can truly be devastating. Plan accordingly. The cybercriminals who use phishing attacks where the attacker pretends to be a trusted entity have apparently upped their game. However, he also pointed out that,. As businesses get better at blocking email attacks and ensuring employees can spot and delete suspicious emails, attackers are shifting tactics.
The bad guys appear to be focusing more tightly on high-value targets. The attackers may spend some time studying their target and applying various social engineering techniques to maximize the chance of success against that particular target. As we discussed in the last section, phishing attacks are often tailored specifically to defeat the defenses of popular software.
This makes Microsoft Office one of the most targeted products of all. And the bad guys are having success here. According to the Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report, files with Microsoft Office file extensions are the most popular way to attack systems via email.
You can download the full report here. As the baby boomers retire or pass on, the Millennial generation is becoming the majority. And if current trends continue, this transition means cybersecurity problems are about to get a lot worse. Several studies including this one , and this one , and this one , indicate that the Millennials are far less interested in protecting their own privacy than preceding generations. They are also less likely to obey company policies related to data security.
These characteristics will likely lead to nightmares for cybersecurity experts today and for decades to come. According to a recent security report ,. Many people are aware of the threats associated with using public WiFi, such as in airports, coffee shops, and hotels. But the problem is actually worse than most of us would like to acknowledge. Likewise we have included some new graphs to better ilustrate the statistics numbers, for example visit the " Big Picture " which shows the latest global Internet figures.
Likewise, our population estimate for the world in is at 6,,, people. The Internet World Stats web site will be updated by the end of this month, so stay tuned and check often. For now you can get a quick preview of the Big Window at Internet Usage which shows the latest figures. These new graphics help to visualize at a glance the current Internet statistics. We hope you like this addition to the web site.
Korea is one of the top 20 Internet countries in the world. This increase is due to more broadband subscribers, in fact in Colombia dialup users decreased by This figure corresponds to a This decrease was caused by a new survey for India that shows that previous estimates had been overstated.
Another database change corresponds to Internet usage in Vietnam that has increased to 14,, and Therefore, please go check the updated world stats table. Only the Asian pages have been updated for now. Always refer to the date on the box below the data, and remember to refresh your browser window in order to display the latest statistics. More details may be seen at the Italy information page.
Our world news page has been approved for publishing the Reuters Video Player. Now visitors can look at the latest World News in Video. This is our first incursion into the Internet multimedia field, we hope it works well. Please report any problems to us. Additionally, Internet users in Poland have increased to 11,, million, Unesco has reported , users in Uganda, Myanmar usage has increased to , people, per Myanmar's Telecommunications Authorities, and Ecuador Internet users are , as of August, per Supertel.
But there weren't any wild celebrations, fireworks or any other government-sponsored hoopla to mark the milestone. Why bother? Many experts think the population actually hit million months ago. In the U. Life magazine dispatched a cadre of photographers to find a baby born at the exact moment, anointing a boy born in Atlanta as the millionth American.
By the way, take a look at the population clocks at the USA Census Bureau where you can learn the current population for the World and for the United States, a good research resource. The accumulated number of visitors is also shown in a neat table. When you place the mouse pointer over the flags, a world map pops up indicating the location of the corresponding country in the world map.
Growth is evident in all parts of the world and detailed figures are shown for Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the South Pacific and the Americas. Tourists along the Black Sea coast enjoyed sunny weather and Mediterranean-like sea waves as the temperature of the water reached C. Sunday 20 will be the hottest day of the summer, forecasts say. Temperatures will come off the boil at the beginning of next week, when spells of cold northwestern air will cool down the country from the sweltering weather.
Highs will vary between C, but will hover a notch below 40C in the southeastern parts of the country. IWS will supply links to the time and weather information for all parts of the world. Check the temperature in any world region here. Likewise the individual country pages will feature a link for the local temperatures. Google sites averaged For more information, please visit comScore. These users are located in 20 countries in Europe and in Spain. They represent a large global Internet market and are the fifth largest language group, after English, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish speakers according to Internet World Stats estimates.
The average price for a DSL entry level service fell by 9. You can read the summary here. Why should I install the Microsoft Download Manager? In this case, you will have to download the files individually. You would have the opportunity to download individual files on the "Thank you for downloading" page after completing your download. Files larger than 1 GB may take much longer to download and might not download correctly. You might not be able to pause the active downloads or resume downloads that have failed.
Details Note: There are multiple files available for this download. Once you click on the "Download" button, you will be prompted to select the files you need. File Name:. Date Published:. File Size:. System Requirements Supported Operating System. Install Instructions 1. Click the Download button on this page to start the download of a component.
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