Rise of post COVID-19 cyber crimes

If covid19 has thought us something, that is precaution is better than cure!

Since the coronavirus outbreak most of the organizations in the world has opened work from home options for their employees as measures of business continuity . Some of these decisions were taken due to the extended lockdowns imposed by certain countries and some as a part of business strategy.

This has created more surface for the cyber criminals to execute their attacks as previously employees in an organization accessed the networks through more secure and narrowed methods and now the access to networks are mostly from home networks which may not be secured.

Cyber attacks happen in many forms and some of us may not even know if these had already taken place unless it involves financial or other fraudulent activities which has actual impact to us as individuals. These crimes take place now in the form of,

Malware, Spyware, Ransomware, Trojans, Viruses, Worms, Rootkits, Bootkits, Keyloggers, Screen scrapers, Exploits, Backdoors, Logic bombs, Payloads, Denial of service, Web shells, Web application security, Phishing, etc.

For an example a Phishing attack could impact us by staling our bank information to perform fraudulent transactions using our funds or a malware/ spyware could be used to secretly use our webcam and monitor our personal activity.

Therefore taking necessary precautions as individuals may be necessary more than before due to the current Covid-19 pandemic forcing most of us to work from home. A simple step would be to ensure your personal device is protected using a advanced protection virus guard other than the default virus protection which is inbuilt to your operating system.

A simple USD 30.00 to 50.00 could make a major difference in your life, than risking your device to cyber criminals especially during a time like this.