Say what you will about the thieves who ply their trade in the digital realm, you can’t deny they put in a hard day’s work. After all, according to Verizon’s just-released 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, which analyzed an astounding 100,000 digital security incidents last year, these crooks continue to succeed at stealing corporate and personal data and records by the millions.
And while high-tech trickery and sophisticated technical exploits are certainly employed by some, Verizon’s report suggests that most thieves rely on basic human frailties to do their dirty work. In particular, 63 percent of the successful data breaches studied involved weak, default or stolen passwords, and nearly one-third of the so-called phishing emails (see below) were actually opened by unwitting recipients. The message is clear: Your digital world is more vulnerable than you ever thought. Encouragingly, however, protecting yourself is way easier than you might imagine.
Gary Davis' article discusses:
- Phishing: a foolproof plan for crooks
- How to tell is you've been phished
- Hook removal: how to fix the damage
Read the complete article at https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/16/how-data-thieves-hook-victims-and-how-to-beat-them/.
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