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Personal Cybersecurity: How to Avoid and Recover from Cybercrime
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Personal Cybersecurity: How to Avoid and Recover from Cybercrime

by Marvin Waschke
January 2017
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
240 pages
8h 24m
English
Apress
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© Marvin Waschke 2017
Marvin WaschkePersonal Cybersecurity10.1007/978-1-4842-2430-4_4

4. Your Computer Is a Target

What Are the Shady Hombres After?
Marvin Waschke
(1)
Bellingham, Washington, USA
 
Don’t be fooled into thinking that your personal devices and data are safe because they are not as tempting as business computer systems . Unless your data is uniquely desirable, it is true that your personal smartphones, tablets, laptops , and desktops are not as rich a target as corporate servers that hold payment card information for millions of customers, myriad personnel records, employee health data, and proprietary documents to sell on the black market . Businesses will pay large ransoms when profitable business is slowed or halted by a clever hacker ...
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