Small and medium-sized businesses lose approximately $155,000 each year on average due to fraud. While 77% of these businesses believe they are safe from cyber threats like hackers and viruses, 83% take no formal measures against such threats despite almost half of all cyber attacks targeting small and medium businesses. The World Economic Forum predicts a 10% chance of a major infrastructure breakdown in the near future that could cause $250 billion in damages to the global economy. By 2013, cybercrime resulted in over $110 billion in economic losses worldwide, affecting over 550 million adults - equivalent to the entire GDP of a country like Morocco, Slovakia or Bangladesh.

1. Companies with
less than 100
employees lose
approximately $155,000 as
a result of fraud each year.
77% of small/medium-size businesses
believe they’re safe from hackers and
viruses. 83% of SMBs take no formal
measures against cyber threats, even though
almost half of all attacks are aimed at SMBs.
30%
42%
125%
The number of targeted cyber
attacks in 2013 was increased by
The number of
web-based
attacks was
increased by
The number of phishing sites
spoofing social networking
sites was increased by
The World Economic Forum predicts
10% chance of a major infrastructure
breakdown in the near future, which
may cause damage to global
economy amounting to $250 billion.
Almost 50% of
teenagers
aged 13-17
reported that
they have
experienced cyberbullying.
3/4 of young people that have
been involved in aggressive
sexual solicitations in the real
world found their aggressors
online.
0
150
300
2000 2012 2015
By 2013 cybercrime resulted in economic
losses of over 110 billion dollars, with over 550
million adults worldwide. In financial terms, this
is the equivalent of the entire GDP of a country
like Morocco, Slovakia or Bangladesh.
In human terms, this is significantly greater
than the entire population of Europe.
CYBER
THREATS
in
numbers
2013
International public-private
initiatives combating cyber
threats now offer services to
countries in the world.145
5
will be a maximum penalty in
Europe for cases involving
cyber attacks with the use of
botnet and committed by an
organized group
years of imprisonment
58 million € contract
was awarded to establish a
NATO Computer Incident
Response Capability Centre,
aiming to detect and respond
the incidents as they happen
Legal Artviser ©
Wednesday, July 31, 13