Joe Q Public Wakes Up And Takes Notice Of Cyber Threats

The Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index for the second half of 2016 shows positive dynamics. Users of the index can view statistics on specific financial losses occurring as a result of cybercriminal activity, as well as compare the data for different groups of users. For example, the use of smartphones between senior citizens in the US and young people in Sweden. The global Index for the second half of 2016 showed that 74% of users did not believe that they could become cybercriminal targets (as compared to 79 percent in the first half of 2016).

Almost 39% of respondents did not use protection solutions on all their connected devices (as compared to 40% in the first half of 2016) and similar to the first half of 2016, 29% of those surveyed have been affected by cyber threats in the second half of the last year. The percentage of cybercrime victims remained at the same level (29%) only because this indicator in the current Index update has been changed.

The number of users that encountered malware dropped from 22-20%; the costs for eliminating the consequences of infection declined from $121 to $92. However, the percentage of those that have fallen victim to other types of threats increased. Learn more at https://index.kaspersky.com