Safeguarding the Internet: Working to Secure the Web From Attacks

SAFEGUARDING THE INTERNET Working to Secure the Web from Attacks IN THE LAST DECADE, THE INTERNET HAS DOUBLED IN SIZE. But just as it continues to grow, so, too, do the NUMBER OF CYBERCRIMINALS AND THEIR ATTACKS. While Verisign's team of experts works continually to help make sure Internet infrastructure services are available and secure, here's a quick look at the array of threats the world faces today. DEFINING TODAY'S THREATS DDOS Attack (Distributed Denlal-of Service} When multiple hosts overwhelm a target with traffic in order to disrupt service. Man-In-The-Middle Attacks Where an attacker intrudes into an existing connection between two partios and impersonates one of the parties to steal information. Malware In any of its ugly foms-computer viruses, woms, trojan horses, spyware-is designed to disrupt, gather sensitive information or gain access to private networks. THE LATEST NUMBERS Every second, 14 adults become a cybercrime victim, resulting in more than ONE MILLION cybercrime victims every day." M 2 OF ONLINE ADULTS HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF CYBERCRIME AT A GLOBAL, ANNUAL COST OF $114 BILLION. NEW THREATS 50% 50% of U.S. adults now own smartphones.** As smart- phone usage grows, so does our vulnerability to mobile OS-based attacks-increasing nearly 50% in 2010 alone.+ NEW THREAT FAMILIES CONTINUE TO EMERGE. FOR INSTANCE, WHERE PROGRAMMERS PREVENT MALICIOUS CODES BY SIGNING THEIRS, HACKERS ARE NOW SIGNING THEIR MALWARE TO SPOOF LEGITIMATE CODE:+ 0101001010420101110010010NEW001000010101000010MALWARE111101010001001110 01001000100001010STRAINS1000010111101ARE0100010010010111010CREATED 1000010 100010010111010010010001000010EVERY101000000111101 MINUTEO1000100111010101 (Panda Labs, Q2 2011 Report) In addition to helping to protect users from Man-in-the-Middle attacks through DNSSEC-now standard on all .com domains- Verisign offers a host of services, tools and expertise that make it easier to combat cybercrime. VERISIGN" V VERISIGN DDOS Protection Services V VERISIGN Defense Security Intelligence Services V VERISIGN MalDetector Gives 24/7 access to actionable cyber intelligence related to vulnerabilities, malicious code and global threats. Cloud-based DDOS attack detection A proactive, proprietary solution that scans and helps prevent sites from harboring maware. and protection solution. *Norton Cyberorime Study, Sept. 2011; ** Nielsen Mobile Inaights, 01 2012; +Pew Research Center, March 2012 ++McAfee Theats Report: Frat Quarter 2012 © 2012 VeriSign inc Al rights reserved VERISGN; the Verisign logo; and other trademarka service marks and Verisign designs are registered or unegistere d trademaks of Veri Sign Inc. and its subaidaries in the United States and foreign countriea All other trade marks are property of their e pective owners