More than half of those who got a phishy email and about 40% of Facebook users clicked on a link from an unknown sender that could have been crawling with malware, for all they knew.
An Ofcom study has found that many children are painfully unprepared to judge sources of online information, making them vulnerable to hoaxes, scams and social engineering tricks employed by cybercriminals, predators and fraudulent advertisers. But adults aren't so great either...
The discipline of computer security is barely a few decades old, yet the threats we face have already changed beyond belief. Virus Bulletin's Martijn Grooten takes a look back, and forward.