Chapter 3
Spotting and Thwarting Hackers and Net-Thieves
IN THIS CHAPTER
Shutting down your site
Breaking through security barriers
Spreading Internet illnesses
No phishing allowed
Putting the brakes on mobile scammers
In 2019, nearly 5 billion people, or approximately 58 percent of the world’s population, used the Internet worldwide. More than half of those users accessed the Internet using a smartphone or other mobile device. (Mobile devices continue to be the preferred way people are accessing the Internet, even over desktop computers!) And there are more than 118 million smart speaker devices (such as Amazon’s Alexa device) in the United States alone, increasing the use of voice search to access the Internet. In 2020, half of all online searches are expected to be via voice search. With so many people and businesses online today, especially using Wi-Fi with smart devices, the Internet has provided a unique opportunity for cybercriminals, or what we refer to as the Net-thief.
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