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Symantec's annual survey of consumer cyber crime - conducted for its Norton by Symantec business unit - has found Australians lost $2.3 billion last year.

Forty-three percent of adults believe at least one type of cyber crime is always or sometimes acceptable.

Nearly a billion people in 20 countries were affected in some way by cyber crime in 2017, a report from Norton by Symantec claims, after a survey of 21,549 individuals aged 18 and over in these countries. Of the 978 million affected, 6.09 million were from Australia.

The worst thing about a distributed denial of service attack is not the attack itself. Rather, it is the slew of bottom-feeders who appear on the horizon after the deed and try to profit from the misery of others.

A new survey suggests consumers need to give more thought to the security implications of connected devices.

Cybercrime cost Australians more than $1.2 billion over the past year, with around four million Aussie Internet users impacted by online crime.