What your PC is Worth to a Cyber Criminal

Many people dismiss the risk of a compromised computer because they believe, mistakenly, that they have nothing of value or interest to a hacker or cyber criminal stored on their machine.

The graphic below, originally composed by security blogger Brian Krebs (krebsonsecurity.com), illustrates the many, many different ways that your personal or business computer can be used to generate illicit revenue, and harm you personally.

If you understand that your PC, its hard drive, and your network connection themselves are assets to a cyber crook, you will have taken the first step to securing your systems and the information they contain.

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