Word "cyber" means related or involved with computers, information technology, and virtual reality. Cybercrime therefore involves use of computer technologies as a tool to illegally solicit information, or targeting computer devices.
The most common forms of cybercrime are:
Use of electronic communication to send fraudulent messages, pretending to be from legitimate source to lure you into sharing sensitive data.
These spyware and remote administration malware provide cybercriminals access to everything on your device. Ransomware will further lock your important information or device functionality until you satisfy cybercriminals’ demands.
Includes gaining access to personal information without authorization and acting on behalf of the victim – including online purchases and social media.
Exploiting vulnerabilities of website to gain illegal access to corporate or customer data.
Use of electronic communication to harass and stalk people, including false accusations and threats.
It is important to remember that out of all your passwords, the passwords to the email account are the most sought after by cybercriminals. This is because email address is often a compulsory registration requirement when applying for any online accounts – be it for shopping, banking, social media profiles or other purposes. And when the password is lost, receiving password reset link in your email account is the most common way or restoring lost access. Thus, gaining the password of the email account opens cybercriminals doors to all other online accounts – including banking, credit card information and logins to your corporate network.
Social engineering is one of the favorite techniques utilized by cybercriminals to gain unwelcome access to sensitive data. This technique is taking advantage of human vulnerability - and therefore is especially difficult to guard against. These attacks can be taking form of legitimate-looking email from firm’s human resources asking recipient to download and sign a tax form, or unexpected subpoena notice urging immediate action and routing to fraudulent website, or mobile text message congratulating recipient on the big win, while prompting to register at a given link to withdraw the reward (spoiler: the one who wins is not going to be you).
So, what is in our inbox? We need to pause and take a conscious look at our personal and professional inboxes. Learning to be aware of the cyber risks, being able to recognize fraudulent messages, or growing suspicious of particular link can save us and our businesses significant amount of embarrassment, frustration and monetary losses.
Here, at Fencecycle we already have everything to set you, and your employees on the journey to risk awareness and cybersafety. Its quick, its easy and it works. You have a selection of packages to choose from, and our free trial deserves an honorary mention as well. What’s most important - this is a ready to use technology and you can literarily start your cyber defense right now. Please contact us should you need any assistance or would like to learn more about Fencecycle tools and services.
Avoid cyber attacks on the organization by raising employee awareness to phishing attacks.