1. ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐
Social engineering is still one of the most dangerous hacking techniques used by cybercriminals, owing to the fact that it relies on human error rather than technical flaws.
2. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐-๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐
Cybercriminals can circumvent security systems by hacking into less-secure networks owned by third parties with privileged access to the hacker’s primary target.
3. ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ
Even professional security systems are likely to have at least one flaw in how the software is installed and configured.
4. ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐
“Cyber hygiene” refers to routine technology-related habits and practices such as avoiding unprotected WiFi networks and implementing safeguards such as a VPN or multi-factor authentication.
5. ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ
One might expect the cloud to become more secure over time, but IBM reports that cloud vulnerabilities have increased 150% in the last five years.
6. ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ
Another effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was an increase in mobile device usage. Remote users not only rely more heavily on mobile devices, but pandemic experts have also encouraged the widespread adoption of mobile wallets and touchless payment technology to limit germ transmission.
7. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
Because of the pandemic-caused shift away from the office, more than a quarter of the American workforce has brought their work into the home, where 70% of households have at least one smart device.
8. ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐
While ransomware attacks are not a new threat, they have become significantly more expensive in recent years: the average ransom fee increased from $5,000 to $200,000 between 2018 and 2020.
9. ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Data management entails more than simply keeping your storage and organization systems in order. To put things into perspective, consumer data doubles every four years, but more than half of that new data is never used or analyzed.
10. ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌSecurity flaws must be patched as soon as possible after a cybersecurity attack. In a 2021 survey of 1,263 companies that had been targeted in a cybersecurity breach, 80% of victims who paid the ransom said they were soon attacked again.