Many data security experts believe that the number of state-sponsored cyber-attacks will continue to rise in the near future. Big organisations in any country represent the most attractive and vulnerable targets for state-sponsored cybercriminals. Such organisations' data security measures are no match for the tools and techniques used by the criminals to break into their databases.
Schools and universities are soft targets for cybercriminals everywhere. Generally, educational institutes do not spend a lot of money or efforts on the cybersecurity of their digital databases and networks. As a result, even a semi-accomplished hacker can remotely access a school or college’s surveillance systems to spy on the students,
Malvertising is a type of cyber-attack that involves the inclusion of malware code in advertisements featured on popular websites. In the recent past, websites of renowned organizations such as Hindustan Times, Spotify, and the London Stock Exchange have been targeted by cybercriminals through malicious advertisement links.
The relevance of working remotely instead of being at the workplace has never been greater than now. As you may know, several companies around the world have operated during the pandemic with employees performing their jobs from home. While this is a convenient mode of working, the number of cyber-security threats have also risen in recent years. One problem of remote work operations is that an organisation’s cybersecurity frameworks are not available when employees are working from home.