Everyone Is a Target
Many people have the misconception that they are not a target, that the bad guys will never find them, let alone attack them. They believe that since their system has no perceived value, no one would want to hack into it. Or they believe that since they have a dynamically assigned IP address, no one would find or attack them. Nothing could be farther from the truth. You may feel that your Windows 95 desktop has no value, but attackers can find great benefit in your system, such as using your computer to attack another system or using your hard drive to store all of the stolen credit card information the hacker has collected.
Research and statistics from a variety of organizations prove how active the threat is in cyberspace. ...
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