The web: an online ghetto?

Email-based attacks used to be the weapon of choice, but hackers have now shifted their attention to the web.

Despite users becoming more computer-savvy and wising up to malicious emails, many have remained uneducated to the dangers lurking on the internet: 'what harm can come from just looking at a webpage?'

Online criminals are continuing to use social engineering techniques to exploit users' ignorance and the financial rewards have not disappointed cybercriminals in their new-found vector of infection.