In Colombia, 100 computers, 29 have some kind of malicious code or malware, threatening the equipment and the information they contain. So says the intelligence report on the safety of Microsoft, which analyzes 600 million computers worldwide per month.
So far, the relationship between illegal or unlicensed software and the existence of malicious code industry was an obvious reality, but without statistical support. It was inconceivable that made an illegal program involves not having any guarantees and therefore be more vulnerable. The global survey software, conducted by the International Data Corporation (IDC) revealed that the main reason people gave for not purchasing unlicensed software is precisely to avoid problems of cybersecurity.
The Software Alliance BSA which represents 80% of the software industry and focuses its work to defend intellectual property and promote legislation in this regard around the world, performed by means of IDC, a study that they believe responds to the need to Now there is no support for suspected many analysts, “no comprehensive statistical analysis of the connection” between malware and unlicensed software.
Rodger Correa, director of marketing for Latin America BSA, explains that “unlicensed software” includes illegal, eg a download software from a site that is not legit, and what you get in places where people are exchanging files, or what is known as “peer to peer”. For Colombia, the figure includes the BSA, which confirms the Colombian Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (CCIT), is that 52% of software is illegal.
The report analyzed BSA rates using pirated software and threats to cybersecurity in 81 countries, and that top the list of illegal software are Moldova and Georgia, with 90%. The remains Venezuela with 88%. Detection rates of respective malware are 30, 41 and 32%. The best emerging delivered through the ranks are the US, Japan and New Zealand, with piracy rates 18, 19 and 20, and malware rates of 13, 7 and 12%. In short, statistics reveals a correlation between pirated software and malware 0.79 (the closer it is to 1, the correlation is stronger).
“I usually hear is the price, “says Correa referring to the reasons why people acquire illegal software. On the one hand, BSA believes that people do not value the intellectual and technological development behind a software effort. Also, that “one of the reasons why companies have to charge high for software is because many people is stolen, then you have to invest more in the protection of that software, best codes”.
Although the BSA ensures the promotion of intellectual property, which is roughly the concept that lies criticism of the champions of free software, Correa said: “We support free software” and that there is software of this type, although free, requires license. Therefore, the research does not provide free software.
In Colombia, the good news is that the rate of software piracy is decreasing. According to the CCIT, has declined from 56%, four percentage points in the past three years. The world average is 43%. “But if every three years we will lose three to four points, we will take 20 years to overcome this problem and that’s not acceptable,” says Samuel Yohai, chief executive of the CCIT. In Latin America the fall is also evident: 65% in 2007 to 59% today.
The bad news is that cyber crimes are increasing. According to research by FEDESARROLLO and CCIT in Colombia attacks increased 43% -opposite a worldwide increase of 62% – between 2012 and 2013 losses were $ 500 million. The reason, according to Yohai, is that “the use of illegal software increases the risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime, but is not the only thing that someone is a victim depends”.
Behaviors users is a factor of great impact. “There are many people who have very bad security habits, some people still use key ‘12345’” said Leonardo Saavedra, deputy Colombia Hosting, in an interview with El Espectador last December.
BSA study concludes that “not all security threats come from malware, not all malware comes from unlicensed software. But it is obvious that a part of the malware itself comes from unlicensed software and that most malware is a threat to computer security. “
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