The report showed that phishing and ransomware attacks increased by 11 percent and 6 percent, respectively, in the number of working people.
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Cyber crime has increased with most people working from home (work from home) due to the coronavirus epidemic. According to a report released on Thursday, in the year 2021, 5,258 data breaches were recorded worldwide, which is higher than the previous year. A total of 29,207 security-related incidents were analyzed by the US-based Verizon Business in the 14th model of the Data Breach Investigations Report (2021 DBIR). During this period, data collected by 83 contributors with victims spread across 88 countries, 12 industries and three world regions were used.
The report showed that phishing and ransomware attacks increased unprecedentedly by 11 percent and 6 percent, respectively, while misrepresentation cases increased 15-fold compared to last year.
Additionally, data showed that 61 percent of the breaches involved credential data. About 95 percent of organizations suffering credential stuffing attacks suffered 637 and 3.3 billion malicious login attempts during the year.
Verizon Business CEO Tammy Irwin said in a statement, the COVID-19 epidemic has had a profound impact on organizations currently facing many security challenges. Irwin said that as the number of companies switching business-critical functions to the cloud grows, the potential threat to their operations may become more apparent, as hackers who breach security can exploit human vulnerabilities and digital infrastructure But seem to take advantage of the increasing dependence on.
How to avoid
Please tell that if you are doing work from you, then never go to such websites in which you have to give permission or which is dangerous for you. There are many such advertisements on these websites which you can click on after seeing them and only then the hackers can get access to your computer. So always avoid these things.
(IANS)
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