- There were 16.7 Million ID theft victims In the US in 2017 leading to the loss of over $17 billion
- In the past year, 446,515,334 personal records were exposed in the US, not including the 1.68 billion non-sensitive exposed records
- 40% of consumers across the world have been targets of ID theft at least once
- 8 million records per day were stolen in the first half of 2018 worldwide, leading to 3.3B compromised data records
- 1.3 million children have their identities stolen every year
- Having a social media account increases the chance of ID theft by 46%
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How We Can Help
While there may be a number of signs that your device has compromised and infected with a Virus (e.g. poor performance, inability to open programs and files, etc.) the only way to be certain is to have your device completely scanned for Viruses and Malware. In the instance of a virus, the best course of action is to have the infection removed as quickly as possible. Failing to take immediate action could lead to even slower system performance, data security issues and, in extreme scenarios, data corruption or complete data loss.
We can remote into your business device to fix or evaluate the issue (Access Remote Support Software), but it is preferred the issue be addressed away from your network (unplugging the device from your network). This limits the potential for your infected device continuing to upload/download data to and from the internet, infecting other devices, corrupting and/or deleting data on your network.
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Some Interesting Statistics To Consider
- The global average cost per data breach incident rose to $3.86 Million in 2018
- In 2018, the global average cost of a data breach incidents was $3.86M
- In the first half of 2018, 3.3B data records were compromised across 944 breaches worldwide
- 97% of all stolen data was in the US, making it the most popular target for attacks
- The estimated losses in 2019 for the healthcare industry are $25 billion
- Globally, Cyber attacks are the fastest-growing crime, estimated to cost $6T by 2021
- In the past year, 76% of organizations worldwide experienced a phishing attack
- By 2021, businesses will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 11 seconds and global ransomware damages will amount to $20B
- The AV-TEST Institute registers over 350,000 new malicious programs, malware, and unwanted programs per day
- Every 7 seconds a new malware is released
- According to a McAfee study, malware revenue can reach $1 billion by 2020
- In just a single month in 2018, 57,000 new malware threats were detected
- Ransomware cost businesses more than $8 billion in the past year
- The average cost of a ransomware attack on businesses is $133,000
- Ransomware is behind 56% of malware attacks
FAQ's
A Computer Virus is a form of malicious software that piggybacks onto legitimate application code in order to spread and reproduce itself. It is designed to damage your computer by corrupting system files, wasting resources, destroying data or nuisance value at best.
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A self-replicating computer program that spreads malicious code/s, computer worms make use of the network to send copies of the original codes to other devices. It can also go to the extent of sending transferring documents utilising the email of the user.
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A trojan horse is a malicious software program that hides inside other programs.
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Spyware can install on your computer without your knowledge.
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Also known as a keystroke logger, Keyloggers can track the real-time activity of a user on his computer. Keylogger runs in the background and records all keystrokes made by a user and passes the information to the hacker with the motive to steal password and banking details.
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A Rootkit is considered extremely dangerous, masking Viruses and Worms making them appear as legitimate files and giving Cyber-Criminals the ability to remotely control your computer. These are very difficult to detect and remove and only an antivirus with the anti-rootkit feature can remove a rootkit.
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When a customer of an e-commerce site clicks 'submit' or its equivalent after entering their details into a website’s payment form, malicious JavaScript code that has been injected by Cyber Criminals collects all entered information, such as payment card details and the user’s name and address. This information is then sent to the attacker’s servers. Attackers can then use this information to perform payment card fraud or sell these details to other criminals on the dark web.
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A Rogue Security Software program, also known as "ScareWare" pretends to detect and remove Malware and Viruses from your device for a fee.
The rogue software makes claim to have scanned your device for Malware and Viruses then regularly show fake detections and warnings.
It then informs you are required to pay to register the software to remove the fake threats from your device.
The names of these products frequently contain words like Antivirus, Shield, Security, Protection, or Fixer to make them sound legitimate.
They frequently run right after you download them, or the next time that your computer starts.
Rogue Security Software can prevent applications, such as Internet Explorer, from opening may also display legitimate and important Windows files as infections.
Typical warning or pop-up messages might contain the following phrases:
The rogue software makes claim to have scanned your device for Malware and Viruses then regularly show fake detections and warnings.
It then informs you are required to pay to register the software to remove the fake threats from your device.
The names of these products frequently contain words like Antivirus, Shield, Security, Protection, or Fixer to make them sound legitimate.
They frequently run right after you download them, or the next time that your computer starts.
Rogue Security Software can prevent applications, such as Internet Explorer, from opening may also display legitimate and important Windows files as infections.
Typical warning or pop-up messages might contain the following phrases:
Warning!
Your computer is infected!
This computer is infected by Spyware and Adware!
Are you sure you want to navigate from this page?
Note:Your computer is infected!
This computer is infected by Spyware and Adware!
Are you sure you want to navigate from this page?
- If you receive a message in a popup dialog box that resemble these warnings, press ALT + F4 on your keyboard to close the dialog box.
- Do not click anything inside the dialog box.
- If a warning of this nature keeps appearing when you try to close the dialog box, it’s a good indication that the message is malicious.
- If you see these kind of messages and/or dialog boxes, DO NOT download or buy the software.
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Malware is a term that is used for malicious software that is designed to do damage or unwanted actions to a computer system.
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The following are symptoms you device may be infected with a Virus or Malware.
- Your device is slowing down
- The most common symptom of a malware infection is a slow running computer. Are your operating systems and programs taking a while to start up? Is your data bandwidth suspiciously slow? If so, your computer may potentially have a virus.
- Annoying ads are displayed
- Your device periodically or constantly crashes
- You receive pop-up messages
- Your internet traffic suspiciously increases
- suspicious hard drive activity
- Your browser homepage changed without your input
- Unusual messages show unexpectedly
- Your antivirus software is disabled
- Your friends say they are receiving strange emails and/or messages from you
- Unfamiliar icons are displayed on your desktop
- Unusual error messages
- You can’t access the Control Panel
- Blue screen of death (BSOD)
- Programs opening and closing automatically
- Lack of storage space
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Email
Websites
Social media
Downloaded and installed by other malware
Installed by exploiting vulnerabilities in particular software
Installed by social engineering (convincing you to download and install the rogue by pretending to be something useful or beneficial)
Websites
Social media
Downloaded and installed by other malware
Installed by exploiting vulnerabilities in particular software
Installed by social engineering (convincing you to download and install the rogue by pretending to be something useful or beneficial)
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We can Help!
From Device Prospective
From User Prospective
- Keep software up-to-date
- Use the latest OS
- Use Antivirus/AntiMalware (Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection)
- Use Multi-factor authentication ()Windows Hello for Business)
- Use Microsoft 365
- Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
- Microsoft Edge browser protects against threats such as ransom-ware by preventing exploit kits from running. By using Microsoft SmartScreen, Microsoft Edge blocks access to malicious websites.
- Be wary of links and attachments (Phishing)
- Be mindful of websites you visit and avoid clicking on popups
- Pirated Software
- Don't attach unfamiliar removable drives
- Use a non-administrator account
- Do not use untrusted devices to log on to email, social media, and corporate accounts
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