Introduction
Did you know that 30,000 websites are hacked daily around the globe? 43% of that is targeted to smaller businesses. It’s important to ensure that websites are well secured in this day and age. As technology progresses, so do potential threats & their trends. In this blog, we’ll go over some trending threats to cybersecurity & solutions to the rising problems.
Trending threats
There are many threats to go over, in this blog we’ll go over some big ones. These threats listed are in no particular order. Targeted ransomware is holding important website/company data for ransom by cybercriminals in exchange for sums of money. AI Attacks are attacks lead by cyber criminals through the utilization of AI. Cloud vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities in a company’s cloud computing infrastructure. Social engineering attacks use psychological manipulation to get people to release sensitive information. Of course, there are many many more to go over, but for this blog, we will only cover some threats.
Solutions
If vulnerabilities are left for cybercriminals to attack, it could leave irreparable damage to a company’s standing & reputation. Money could be lost, customers could be lost, information could be lost. For the threats mentioned above, there are many ‘solutions’ to them. For ransomware attacks, you could regularly back up website information & train employees to understand signs of malicious emails to keep safe of attacks before hand. For AI-Attacks, fight AI with AI. use AI threat-detection systems to identify & fight against AI-based threats. To deal with threats against cloud vulnerabilities, you could implement encryption to sensitive data & information to ensure security.
Consequences of Cyber attacks.
Cyber attacks can prove fatal if a business falls under one. Damages may go up to the millions depending on how big the business is. For example, If a cyber criminal successfully holds a business under ransom, if they get a hold of important information, they can hold it under ransom for large amounts of money. Depending on the attacker & the importance of the information, it could go up to the 6 digits in numbers!
Conclusion
In conclusion, It’s truly important to ensure good cybersecurity in this day and age. With growing technology comes growing vulnerabilities for cyber criminals to attack. In this blog, we went over some big cyber security threats of today & their solutions. We also talked about how cyber attacks can lead to fatal consequences to a company. Investing a thousand dollars into cybersecurity now may just prevent you from having to pay a million in the future from a cyber attack, stay safe!