Individual Internet users, businesses, the government, and tech vendors all need to focus more on cybersecurity and be aware of the dangers, a group of cybersecurity experts said Thursday. The Internet is vulnerable at multiple levels, and each of those groups play a part in protecting cyberspace, said Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, an e-commerce trade group.
NetChoice, in a report released Thursday, focused much of its attention on user behavior, saying that Internet users need to be better educated about types of social-engineering attacks. Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a warning about new phishing e-mail scams that identify the sender as a bank or mortgage lender that has taken over the e-mail recipient's account. The e-mails ask the recipients to click a link to confirm personal information, but the link takes them to a site harvesting personal information, not to a real financial institution.
