Brits are more scared of spiders than cybercrime

Cybercrime and hacking has overtaken flying, dogs and clowns in the top 10 list of things the British are most scared of, but still only ranks in sixth place behind spiders, heights, snakes, dentists and small spaces. Arachnids top the list despite there being less than a one-in-a-million chance of being bitten by a spider badly enough to warrant going to hospital in the UK. Cybersecurity company McAfee has released these findings to coincide with this week's 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web (and tomorrow's National Spider Day). According to the report, 23 percent of Brits have admitted to… [Continue Reading]