Excelr Tuhin's blog : 1 in 5 men watch porn at work Beware of Malware!
The Internet has brought us endless
benefits, among which is being able to access thousands of entertainment content anytime, anywhere, and porn is
not far behind, but did you know that it is the content that most
exposes your cybersecurity? And if you watch porn at work it could
affect the entire company.
Men and women from
Mexico claim to watch porn at work
According to a study carried out
by Kaspersky Lab in conjunction with the market
research consultancy Corpa , 19%
of Latin American men admit that they have seen porn (adult content)
on their work computer.
According to this survey, those who
watch porn the most at work are Peruvians (26%), followed closely by Brazilians
(24%) and Mexicans and Argentines in third place (19%) . On
the other hand, those who least claim to watch porn in the office are Chileans
(14%) and Colombians (12%).
But not only do men watch porn at
work, since according to this research, Colombian women are the ones
who most look at photos and videos of a sexual nature in the office (13%),
secondly, Peruvian women (10%) and Mexicans and Brazilians in third
place (9%), while the girls who least watch porn at work are
Argentines (7%) and Chileans (4%).
Protect
yourself! These are the 4 main cyber threats that we will have to face in
2019
Watching porn at
work puts cybersecurity of your entire company at risk
But beware! It could not only
affect your job performance, since according to a study published by Kaspersky
Lab earlier this year, more than 17% of Mexican users infected
with mobile malware in 2017
suffered attacks related to pornographic themes .
This study also revealed that banking
Trojans disguised as porn video players rank second among the most
widespread types of pornography-driven malware, followed by root-access
malware and ransomware.
The latter, in most cases, uses scareware
tactics , which is a malicious program on the computer that locks
the screen and displays a message indicating that illegal content has been
detected and, therefore, the device has been blocked, for which will
only be possible to unblock it paying a ransom.
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Connecting to
public WiFi without security is another great threat
The survey that is part of the
“ Digital Hangover ” campaign promoted by the security
company to raise awareness of the risks that Internet users are exposed to when
browsing without caution, indicates that in addition to watching porn at
work, men are the ones who They buy online while they are in the office ,
mainly young people between 25 and 34 years old, while those who least carry
out this activity at work are women between 18 and 24 years old.
But another risky activity that
Mexicans carry out is using the work laptop on a public WiFi network (30%),
and only 8% said they connect to a virtual private network (VPN) while leaving
the office.
Dimitry Bestuzhev , director of the research and analysis team for Kaspersky Lab
Latin America said in his press release that "The rigorous
practices of some collaborators can cause serious harm to companies, since
they increase the risk of leaks of confidential corporate data" .
In this way, it is not only important
to avoid watching porn at work, or even avoid suspicious apps , but devices throughout the organization must always
be protected.
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