Since the pandemic began, cybercriminals have managed so that the computer security of your devices is vulnerable to the attacks they perform. From the typical malware that can be included when you install your trusted programs from a web page that you apparently know, to the sophisticated emails telling you that you have to enter your bank account because you have a payment canceled.

Analysis within the current panorama

According to the eighth report of the National Innovation Company, with data collected from January 2019 to April 2020, the Top 5 of types of attacks is malware, web attacks, phishing, web and spam application attacks.

It is being seen, according to the report, that spam or junk mail is no longer so important for cybercriminals, now, what interests them is spam , which is being seen an increase in recent months. Such is how it can be seen, the attacks continue to expand as digital transformation evolves. Pandemia will force the Internet to be a reliable and safe space. Cybercriminals are forced to profile their attacks on social networks or in their persistent attacks that have sensitive data, which are very detail. But it always has an objective, the economic one.

What is Phishing's current trend?

Since confinement we leave behind, many of us have signed to streaming channels, and that, computer hackers know it. They look for the best way for you to fall into the trap, and your average level in computer security is important to not fall.

According to a Kaspersky study, earlier this year 2020 held more than 22,000 infection attempts by supplanting the Netflix platform , leaving five thousand exposed users. According to the report, almost 6,000 attempts were detected and more than 1,500 exposed with the lure of The Mandalorian, from Disney+. The Netflix platform being in second place. And, hackers are so perfectionists that they create a Netflix replica platform without the user noticing that he is introducing his user and password on a false website.

A survey conducted by the European Commission where it demonstrates the level of knowledge of users in computer security , it is observed that nine out of ten people are more attentive to emails, leaving ignoring unknown emails, and having a good antivirus.

Putting strong and different passwords on each website is the key to having a high degree of computer security .

Thousands of Facebook accounts have been hacked

We must have a certain degree of Nive in computer security since computer hackers also aim for social networks and especially Facebook, an example of this is that they have stolen thousands of Facebook accounts.

We must be careful where the user and password enters because many of the application that we can get off any unofficial or misleading website can contain malicious software that steals all the mobile information. The example we are putting is the news that thousands of Facebook accounts have been stolen and we explain how this has happened.

You have ever seen on some websites or ads where he says Accede to see who sees your profile, well, the company behind it used elasticsearch database, which was poorly configured (which is why the scam was discovered) and that cybercounts took the opportunity to capture Facebook accounts. Once he has credentials and that computer security had been corrupt, the hacker added comments with the same announcement for his friends fell into the trap and thus obtain more accounts. Infected users saw that they had made a spam type publication without knowing why. The hackers also published Sapam on false platforms such as Bitcoin trading in which they were looking for victims who deposited at least € 250 seeing seriously affected their computer security.

The other great objective of cybercriminals the ransomware

Sonicwall Capture Labs has published a 2020 cyber -cyber -cyber -struggle report highlighting that ransomware has increased in the first semester, taking advantage of the fact that workers were doing their workday at a distance and that their level of computer security is low in some cases.

Bill Conner, president and CEO of Sonicwall states that computer hackers can become very ingenious with traps, taking advantage of people's good faith, formerly natural disasters, when they panic in a crisis or when they are trusted in the computer security of their PC. He adds that, the data obtained in the report is seen a transformation in their tactics to increase the chances of success.

"It is imperative that companies move away from improvised or traditional security strategies, and realize that this new normality is no longer new."

Computer security is one more tentacle for the company, which must invest so as not to fall into cyber attacks. In Gowtech we can help you with your computer security and diagnose the vulnerabilities of your company. Contact us.