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The article reports on the Security Roundup released by security vendor Trend Micro that offered insight into a record year for vulnerabilities. Topics discussed include the exceptional rise of ransomware in 2016, the trend of business email compromise and the U.S. as the single most impacted country of BEC attacks.

The article reports how average cost per data from malicious and criminal attacks was reported to be $221 per record in the U.S. as compared to the global average cost per lost or stolen record being $158 in 2016.

The article presents results of a study conducted by American think tank Pew Research Center which reports on how Americans feel about the privacy of their personal information post the revelation of Edward Snowden on online government snooping. Other topics discussed include majority of the study's participants being of the view that the government's monitoring of internet communications and phone calls is concerning and overall lack of confidence in privacy afforded by communication forms.

The article examines key findings from the 2014 Trustwave Global Security report released May 21, 2014 which include the fact that the U.S. is both the top source for attack traffic and the most attacked country. Other topics discussed include a downward trend in Spam to 70% in 2013, the password "1234567" as the most popular among victims of the Pony botnet and Java vulnerabilities toping the most prevalent exploits detected by Trustwave.