Cybersecurity must be part of the general culture and fundamentally business, since it is the basis of digital trust.
Awareness should be permanent among all employees of organizations and should include citizens in general from appropriate state policies, starting at the earliest stages of education, to remind us how and why of good practices in information security.
November 30 was World Cyber Security Day, and the occasion invites us to not only remember the importance of staying safe but at the same time is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the great risks that a cyber attack can cause.
The day was first celebrated in 1988, instituted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). From then until now, defense and protection technologies have evolved enormously, but so have the threats. Successfully dealing with a cyberattack today requires a great deal of effort on the part of the entire organization and even specialist cybersecurity teams.
Currently, services and solutions must consider information security in a holistic manner, considering both the security of files, devices and media, as well as stimulating prevention, generating awareness and training users. Information security begins with the responsibility that each one of us has, as users, as citizens, and does not depend only on technological solutions. That's why from Security Advisor we are committed to promote a secure culture within each organization, promoting training and awareness in cybersecurity for all its members.
Technology alone is not enough, it will always be necessary to protect and educate the first line of defense against cyberattacks: the user.
Cyber attacks
It is essential to understand what is behind these cyberattacks and why they occur. For some time now, money in the world in general has been dematerialized, taking the form of amounts recorded electronically in abstract entities and has come to move primarily through electronic means. Accessing these records and intercepting these communications has then become the ultimate form of theft. A sophisticated robbery, done remotely, anonymously, without violence, without weapons, without risk to life, but a robbery nonetheless.
Consequently, as long as money continues to be handled through technological resources, actions aimed at abusing them will only increase. Theft will not cease to exist for a long time, unfortunately it is part of the human condition, so as a global society, we must become aware of the underlying problem, and turning our backs on the problem will not make it go away, it will simply aggravate it.
It is necessary to know that behind the cyber attacks that plague our society every day, there are real organizations, often with management infrastructures larger than those of companies with legitimate activities, with offices, with directors and managers and with activities that report large sums of money.
So, we are facing a problem that is here to stay, and not only that, a problem that is growing day by day.
To ignore this reality is to ignore a large part of the problems of the world in which we live and not to act accordingly is irresponsible.
This year's highlights
Kaspersky has revealed in a report that between July 2018 and July 2019, it has blocked in Latin America 45 infection attempts per second, where 6 attack attempts per minute were from mobile malware.The most important threats this year are represented by the abuse of existing vulnerabilities in 64-bit Windows and adware, the latter primarily targeting mobile platforms.
Phishing continues to increase
Kaspersky has announced that it blocked 92 million accesses to fake phishing sites this year, an increase of 33% over the previous period. The list of countries with the most attacks of this type is headed by Brazil, followed by Venezuela. The report highlights that last year there were six Latin American countries on the global list, and today there are nine, which is evidence that phishing is growing.
In the survey, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil indicated that 33% of the cyberattacks they have received in the last year were via email.
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45 cyberattacks per second are registered in Latin America
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Cybersecurity must be part of the general culture and fundamentally business, since it is the basis of digital trust.
Awareness should be permanent among all employees of organizations and should include citizens in general from appropriate state policies, starting at the earliest stages of education, to remind us how and why of good practices in information security.
November 30 was World Cyber Security Day, and the occasion invites us to not only remember the importance of staying safe but at the same time is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the great risks that a cyber attack can cause.
The day was first celebrated in 1988, instituted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). From then until now, defense and protection technologies have evolved enormously, but so have the threats. Successfully dealing with a cyberattack today requires a great deal of effort on the part of the entire organization and even specialist cybersecurity teams.
Currently, services and solutions must consider information security in a holistic manner, considering both the security of files, devices and media, as well as stimulating prevention, generating awareness and training users. Information security begins with the responsibility that each one of us has, as users, as citizens, and does not depend only on technological solutions. That's why from Security Advisor we are committed to promote a secure culture within each organization, promoting training and awareness in cybersecurity for all its members.
Technology alone is not enough, it will always be necessary to protect and educate the first line of defense against cyberattacks: the user.
Cyber attacks
It is essential to understand what is behind these cyberattacks and why they occur. For some time now, money in the world in general has been dematerialized, taking the form of amounts recorded electronically in abstract entities and has come to move primarily through electronic means. Accessing these records and intercepting these communications has then become the ultimate form of theft. A sophisticated robbery, done remotely, anonymously, without violence, without weapons, without risk to life, but a robbery nonetheless.
Consequently, as long as money continues to be handled through technological resources, actions aimed at abusing them will only increase. Theft will not cease to exist for a long time, unfortunately it is part of the human condition, so as a global society, we must become aware of the underlying problem, and turning our backs on the problem will not make it go away, it will simply aggravate it.
It is necessary to know that behind the cyber attacks that plague our society every day, there are real organizations, often with management infrastructures larger than those of companies with legitimate activities, with offices, with directors and managers and with activities that report large sums of money.
So, we are facing a problem that is here to stay, and not only that, a problem that is growing day by day.
To ignore this reality is to ignore a large part of the problems of the world in which we live and not to act accordingly is irresponsible.
This year's highlights
Kaspersky has revealed in a report that between July 2018 and July 2019, it has blocked in Latin America 45 infection attempts per second, where 6 attack attempts per minute were from mobile malware.The most important threats this year are represented by the abuse of existing vulnerabilities in 64-bit Windows and adware, the latter primarily targeting mobile platforms.
Phishing continues to increase
Kaspersky has announced that it blocked 92 million accesses to fake phishing sites this year, an increase of 33% over the previous period. The list of countries with the most attacks of this type is headed by Brazil, followed by Venezuela. The report highlights that last year there were six Latin American countries on the global list, and today there are nine, which is evidence that phishing is growing.
In the survey, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil indicated that 33% of the cyberattacks they have received in the last year were via email.
Read more:
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