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Security message 'washing over broadband users'
Tuesday 6th October 2009, by Daniel King
Broadband users may have become more complacent about internet security because of the amount of information on the subject directed at them on a regular basis, it has been advised.
The comments come from a spokesman for industry analyst group Garlik, which published a study last month detailing how cyber crime in the UK had soared in the face of the economic downturn.
It was suggested by the group that the matter had reached the kind of levels not seen since 2006 and this was being compounded by consumers' lack of concern with protecting themselves when surfing the web.
However, Garlik chief executive officer Tom Ilube explained the level of complacency regarding online threats is understandable, as very often people feel as if they are being bombarded with data.
It was noted that when this happens, the public has a tendency to allow warnings to "wash over them", having already invested in technologies they feel will offer them protection against online criminals.
But he warned that broadband users take this approach at their peril and advised no matter how many times the issue of data protection and internet security is brought up, people need to take heed.
"Fraudsters have been getting smarter and smarter," Mr Ilube said. "[They] are combining more advanced technology with a bit more smarts on the social engineering side at the same time as consumers are becoming more complacent."
"The net effect of that is the fraudsters are having it pretty easy at the moment," he concluded.
Categories: Broadband, Internet Security
