Are You A Sitting Duck For Cyber Criminals?

byStanNG

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6 years ago

The global pandemic Coved-19 is the single greatest contributor to changing the workplace to working remotely and working from home.

All of us here at WA are working from anywhere we please building our online business. Therefore we should pay attention to this trend.

A recent survey of IT organizations with 500 employee or more resulted in the following findings:

• 71% of respondents reported an increase in security threats or attacks since the outbreak of the virus.

• The most prevalent of these were phishing attempts (cited by 55% of respondents), disinformation from malicious websites (32%) and increases in malware (28%).

• Covid-19 related websites are 50% more likely to be malicious than other domains registered since the beginning of this year

• The number of new domains registered online has exploded tenfold since the end of February 2020, with 0.8% of these domains found to be malicious and 19% to be suspicious in nature.

So, it looks like the locked down has also resulted in criminal activities going online.

Be Safe Online

While we are trying to stay say from Corona virus, we also need to be safe online now that we are spending more hours connected.

The is an increasing risks of Cyber crimes.

Beware of:

• Hackers targeting unsuspecting users by offering them fake “once-in-a-lifetime” Covid-19 deals for premium goods concealing malware within

• Hackers have even taken to the dark web to provide special offers on hacking equipment and services using “COVID-19” or “corona virus” as a discount code, increasing the likelihood of Cyber attacks occurring.
  

• Request for personal information in any form. Check to ensure known source before providing information

Take Precaution

To ensure security and business continuity for those working from home and all at WA. It means practicing some digital hygiene.

• Make sure your Internet security, malware and firewall software is activated

• Be cautious with emails and files from unknown sources, particularly those offering lucrative discounts on purchases and to only order goods from authentic sources by visiting their website directly.

• Be cautious about opening unknown attachments or links in emails.
  

• Even Zoom has security loopholes that allows hackers to access your computer, you can google that

• When no using your computer, best to shut down so there is nothing running in the background. Do a daily shutdown or reboot for safety sake.

While we are washing hands more regularly, now that your online hours have increased and Cyber criminals are lurking...

Remember it is just as important to keep up your "Cyber hygiene," too.

Take care and stay safe.