Phishing accounts for 90% of data breaches, let that sink in before you start reading on. Spear Phishing is a targeted attempt to steal an individual’s crucial data for malicious reasons. This medium of cyber-crime is normally in the form of emails or electronic communications and is a scam targeted towards a specific organization, business or individual. It began as the infamous Nigerian Prince Scams during the nineties but since then has transformed into much more detailed and researched attacks.
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A data breach refers to the leak of confidential information.
Thousands of companies fall victim to data breach where hackers gain unauthorized access to their system and steal confidential data.Cybercriminals often steal data and encrypt it to deny access to the owner of the data, in return hackers ask for a ransom to decrypt data.The text above is a summary, you can read full article here.
A password remains the most common way of locking an account.
It is better than biometric verification because the secret lies in your mind, which is not easy to get a hold of compared to something like a fingerprint.
But despite the password’s role in preventing authorized access, weak passwords continue to be a leading reason behind cyberattacks.The text above is a summary, you can read the full article here.
