#cybercrime - A🧵- Did you know that losses connected to internet crimes were estimated to be $6.9 billion last year? This is a significant increase from $42.2 billion in 2020.
More than 40 percent of experts surveyed by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty think that cybercrime and business interruption will be the biggest business risks in 2022.
Data from security firm Blackfog shows that from January to November of this year, 244 ransomware hacks were publicized, an increase of 25 percent compared to the same period in 2020.
According to a recent FBI report on internet crime, 241,342 Americans fell victim to #phishing, vishing and #smishing attacks in 2020, making it the most common type of cybercrime.
On March 8, @Google announced its intent to scoop up cybersecurity corporation @Mandiant for $5.4 billion. This deal would mark the biggest acquisition by Big Tech in the cybersecurity sector in recent years.
Up to 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a large-scale ransomware attack targeting a popular IT management tool from U.S. software vendor Kaseya.
As seen in data by website Security.org, adding even one upper case letter to a password can already dramatically alter its potential. In the case of an eight-character password, it can now be broken in 22 minutes instead of instantaneously in one second.
Using an easy-to-remember password doesn't seem like a big deal until finding out that a popular hacking method uses a bot to try a number of common passwords. If your password is on this list published by @NorthpassHQ, it might be wise to make a change.
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