Last year saw a number of highly evolved cyber-attacks and
data breaches across the globe, with server vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed
and Shellshock taking center stage. As a result of the number of high profile
security breaches and cyber-attacks, Cybersecurity has been positioned as a key
priority for organisations in 2015.
Cyber-security attacks are evolving at an alarming rate, and
so the cyber-security products available to businesses are rapidly evolving to
keep ahead of cyber criminals. Therefore
it is more important than ever for businesses to keep up to date with the
latest versions and updates of their firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion
detection/protection systems, VPNs or any other security they may have in
place. On top of this it is a good idea for businesses to reassess their
cybersecurity practices periodically to ensure they have the best protection
available to them.
Cyber security threats come in a wide range of shapes and
sizes, such as; malware injection, phishing, social engineering, internal
stealing of data among others. However ransomware has been one of the most
common forms of malware used over the past few years, and Symantec’s
2014 Internet Security Threat Report noted that ransomware attacks grew by
500 percent in the latter part of 2013. Scammers also continued to run
profitable ransomware scams last year, with Cryptolocker making up 55 percent
of all ransomware in October 2014 alone.
With the wide range of security products available for
businesses, such as; anti-viruses, firewalls, encryption software, intrusion
detection/protection systems, it is easy to overlook the need for secure
passwords. Passwords still provide the first level of defence against hackers
and so it is still important to make your passwords as secure as possible. So
why not make sure your password isn’t on SplashData’s worst passwords of 2014
list:
- 123456
- password
- 12345
- 12345678
- qwerty
- 123456789
- 1234
- baseball
- dragon
- football
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