Cyber Crime Explained: What The “Hack” Is Going On? – Infographic

Bot Revolt decided to dig through recent cyber crime reports to discover what the hack is going on.

Source: Visual.ly, BotRevolt

What the HACK is going on -Facts:

• Over 556 Million victims of cyber crime per year.
• 1.5+ Million victims every day
• 1080 victims every minute
• 18 victims every second
• $110 Billion lost in just 12 months due to cyber crime
• 18 victims every second
• $110 Billion lost in just 12 months due to cyber crime

So what are cyber criminals after…YOUR Data!

How much is your data worth?

• $75 for 2,200 Twitter Credentials
• $15 for 1,000 Facebook Credentials
• Paypal: $62 OR 30% of balance on the account
• Sets of Banking Credentials: $25-$35 or 3% of balance on the account
• Credit Card: (scanned back and front) $25-$30
• Drivers License(scanned) $20
• Credit Card (numbers) $1-$10

Whats the motive:

• Financial/Personal Gain: 96%
• Disagreement or protest: 3%
• Fun,curiosity, or pride: 2%
• Grudge of personal offense: 1%

How are they accessing your data:

• 81% Hacking
• 69% Malware
• 10% Physical attacks
• 7% employed social tactics
• 5% privilege misuse

Hacking:

55% is the exploitation of default or
guessable credentials
40% is the use of stolen login credentials

Physical attacks:

Credit card skimming at gas pumps, POS’s & ATM’s are responsible for the majority of cases.

Social tactics

AKA Phishing
46% are made by phone
37% are made in-person
17% are made through  e-mail

Malware:

69% works as a keylogger/ form-grabber/
spyware
43% sends data to an external site/ entity
About 1% is installed via e-mail with a user-executed
attachment or clicking on a
malicious link.
95% of Malware is
installed by remote attacker

Privilege Misuse:

50% use of unapproved hardware/devices mostly from cashiers & servers
43% abuse of system access/privilege

Cyber Criminals are after your data; your data is worth cash. We are not just talking about your bank account. Your emails, files, social media accounts, pictures, contacts, and other personal information is worth cash.