FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS COMPUTER SECURITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In 2016, online fraud cases in the United States resulted in victim losses totaling:
A
Nothing-online fraud doesn’t result in victim losses
B
$100, 000
C
$2 million
D
Over $1.2 billion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fend Off Phishing : Learn how more than 90% of all cyber attacks begin with phishing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cybercrime victim count increased drastically by 69% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic when compared to 2019 from nearly 467k victims a year to 792k.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to CISCO’s 2021 Cybersecurity Threat Trends report, about 90% of data breaches occur due to phishing. Spear phishing is the most common type of phishing attack, comprising 65% of all phishing attacks. The 2021 Tessian research revealed that employees receive an average of 14 malicious emails every year.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to a study by IBM, 95% of cyber security breaches result from human error. Even though humans make mistakes, this mistake is so overwhelming in cybersecurity that 19 out of 20 cyber breaches result from human error.

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