Consumer Reports State of the Net survey is the company’s third annual survey of online activity and threats. The data represents a national sample of more than 2,000 households with Internet access. It was conducted this spring by the Consumer Reports National Research Center.
Among the study’s targeted findings are:
“In looking at Consumer Reports’ study it is more important that ever for adult webmasters and adult site operators to implement the strongest security measures to protect the end user and its webmaster affiliates,” Atlas Multimedia’s Domenick Bongiorno told XBIZ. Bongiorno’s company designs and manages official porn star sites. “This is a huge problem for everyone with a broadband-connected computer, so it’s important to shell out the extra money to properly protect not only your PC — but the investment in the sites you create and market.”
During Consumer Reports’ first 24 hours of monitoring cyber assaults at Symantec’s Alexandria, Va. facility, the company observed 59 million malicious attack attempts from North America alone.