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7 Scary Findings from the 2014 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report

In the wake of Heartbleed, the study sounds the alarm for increasing awareness of cyber threat.

By Laura Mazzuca Toops | Updated on April 11, 2014
A newly released study by global information protection expert Symantec Corp. delves into the problem of cyber security and suggests that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg.

The increase in mega breaches, aggressive ransomware, mobile technology threats and hackers’ discovery of the Internet of Things in 2013 all point to the continuing rapid growth of cyber crime.

The Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) is an annual study based on findings from Symantec’s global intelligence network of 41.5 million attack sensors, monitoring threat activity in more than 157 countries and territories. Over the past two decades, Symantec, probably best known for its Norton consumer security product, has identified more than 60,000 recorded vulnerabilities from more than 19,000 vendors.

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