Microsoft: Pirated software makes businesses lose 491 billion dollars a year

[abstract] This year, "companies will spend 127 billion of dollars to deal with security issues, 364 billion of dollars to deal with data theft." "Tencent Science and Technology music March 21 compiled Microsoft has just released a new study from IDC, a market-research firm, and the National University of Singapore, which warns that companies are at great risk of running unauthorized software. The study, funded by Microsoft, surveyed 1700 it practitioners, government workers and consumers in 15 markets. "Malicious programs that have been hacked by pirated software have been particularly devastating to businesses. David Finn, deputy consultant and executive director of the Microsoft Cyber Crime Center, wrote in a blog post. This year, IDC expects "companies will spend 127 billion of dollars to deal with security issues and 364 billion of dollars to deal with data theft." "All in all, in 2014, companies will spend 491 billion of dollars to clean up the security threats posed by pirated software." "Two-thirds of the losses, about 315 billion dollars, will be the result of organised crime-cyber criminals indiscriminately spreading malicious programs to make money," he added. "Last year, in a similar survey conducted by IDC, the company predicted that companies would spend 114 billion of billions of dollars in 2013 to eliminate the malicious programs left by pirated software," he said. At the same time, IDC expects government departments to suffer more than 50 billion dollars in losses from the use of pirated software, which is full of malicious programs. The most worrying thing for government officials is "disclosure of trade secrets or sensitive information (59%), followed by unauthorized access to government confidential information (55%) and the impact of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure (55%)." "Fane wrote. In terms of time and cost, consumers will also suffer a heavy blow. IDC and the National University of Singapore predict that this year, individual consumers will spend 25 billion of dollars and 1.2 billion hours to repair infected systems. And even buying a new, off-the-shelf PC doesn't keep users safe. The National University of Singapore has conducted a security analysis of 203 new computers purchased in 11 countries and found that 61% of computers are pre-installed with pirated software. "Most virus-infected computers have at least one malicious program threat, and any threat can infect multiple files," he said. In addition, the IDC company's report also highlights the following aspects: 1. When consumers and businesses buy and install pirated software packages or purchase PC PCs with pirated software, they are 33% more likely to be attacked by malicious programs. 2. When asked what is the most worrying security issue, 60% of consumers believe that important data or personal information is missing, and 51% of consumers consider unauthorized information access or cyber fraud. 3. Despite this concern, 43% of consumers do not regularly update security software on their computers. 4. As the Asia-Pacific region has a large PC user base and a high software piracy rate, theThe region suffered consumer losses and corporate losses accounted for 40% and 45% of the world. He reiterated Microsoft's long-standing stance on pirated software and said the study showed how important it is for individuals, businesses and government agencies to purchase new computers from reliable sources and to require the installation of genuine software. "Recently, Microsoft is vigorously promoting the cloud services products Office 365, which may greatly improve the current situation."