CYBERSECURITY DANGERS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS
There are a number of cybersecurity dangers and cyber threats that can affect businesses.
We show you which are the main cybersecurity attacks in 2020 and how they could harm your business
.
Types of attacks on your cybersecurity
Cyber attacks can harm your business in several ways:
•Interrupting your work: computers break down and you can't
use them optimally.
•Slow down your computers: if malware programs are
installed, they can make your computers slow down, affecting their performance.
•Hijacking your computer: that is, denying you access to
your computers, as for example in ransomware attacks.
•Infecting files: infecting files that may be inaccessible.
•Deleting data: cyber attacks can also delete data that you
have on your computers or servers, as well as on storage devices.
•Taking away space on your hard drive: someone can use your hard
drive to store their own files, both on your computers and on your server.
•Spying on your privacy: your customers' data may be
affected, as well as any information you have on your computers or servers.
•Stealing your bank details: if the attacker manages to get
you to enter your bank details on a website that is not your bank's and belongs
to the attacker, this can steal money from your bank account. This is what is
known as phishing.
•Committing crimes or fraud: if an attacker can control your
computer, he can use it to commit crimes or fraud of any kind with your IP.
All of this can always have indirect consequences in many
ways. For example, if the privacy of your customers' data is compromised, they
could sue you and you may have to pay fines for not having protected their data
adequately.
What areas should you protect to prevent cyber attacks?
To protect ourselves from cybersecurity dangers, we must
take into account which are the entry routes:
The operating system
The lack of updating of the operating system can be one of
the vulnerabilities that allows computer attackers to commit their criminal
actions.
Human failures
Human errors, such as clicking on a file with a virus, or
giving our data to a fake website, can be another entry point for a
cybercriminal.
Networking
Computer attacks can also occur because our Wi-Fi connection
network is not secure. It is possible that we are using a public network or
that our router does not have a good security configuration.
Passwords
Easy-to-guess passwords can become another avenue for
hackers to compromise our data and privacy.
Lack of maintenance
The lack of maintenance and updating of programs, servers or
any other computing device can also be used by third parties to introduce
malware that affects our data in some way.
Other cyber attacks
If we work on these 5 areas (operating system, user
behavior, computer networks, passwords and computer maintenance) we will be
able to protect our computer equipment, but taking into account that there is
also no 100% infallible security and that whoever promises you does not really
is telling the truth.
There are also other means that cybercriminals use to
endanger our computer security. For example, through denial of service (D-DOS)
attacks, when we talk about servers, or through adware, which can affect our
browser, although it generally does not have such a strong impact.
How to deal with cybersecurity dangers?
There are many ways to protect ourselves against
cybersecurity dangers. But they all go through proper computer maintenance.
• We must keep operating systems and programs up to date.
• It is important to perform automatic backups .
• Strong passwords must be established.
• We must not give access to our equipment to people outside
our company.
• It is advisable to use antivirus to stop malware
• The users of the equipment must have training in computer
security
At Gadae we help you combat computer attacks and all
cybersecurity dangers that may affect your business. Keep in mind that the more
computers and servers you have, the greater the risks you face.
