It is true to think that the internet is one of the prime necessities for all corporate businesses. Over the years, it is quite evident that the use of the internet has skyrocketed, and we all are dependent upon the internet in some way or the other.
Emails, social media, and other platforms are the major communication platforms and the biggest hub for company advertisements. The business utilities of the internet are many and seem to be never-ending. The future is expected to witness still heavier traffic and inclination towards the internet.
Having said the humongous benefits of the internet, it is now easier to deduce that the best place for cybercriminals to harm the organizations is the internet. With the growing usage of the internet, cyber crimes are also flourishing, and corporate businesses are extremely vulnerable to these attacks.
The companies must remain aware of the most common types of attacks that the organizations face worldwide, and educate their workforces accordingly.
This article aims at briefing out the 4 Most Common Types of cyber attacks that are essential to be known by the companies to safeguard their data and confidential information within a safer time.
- Malware
Malware is software that is ignorantly installed in the systems by the users by clicking on malicious website URLs from emails or other unreliable web sources. According to Statista, the reports of the recent periods say that there were 10.52 billion malware attacks, which tremendously grew compared to the previous years.
The major intention of the malware attacks is to steal confidential corporate information and data. Spying on company and employee activities over the internet are other reasons to infect the systems with malware.
2. Web Application Attacks
The web application attack comes next in the list of most common cyber-attacks. The statistics reveal that out of all the web application attacks, 32% of them are vulnerable to cyber-attacks owing to poor security.
These attacks are aimed at stealing confidential corporate data and also extracting user data through web applications. The attackers also have the motive to install malware on the servers, so that the server’s storage gets completely occupied and further storage requests are denied.
3. Password Attacks
The password attacks, as the name suggests, are the one that utilizes tools which try out all possible combinations to hit the actual password, and thus ends up in getting access to confidential user data including bank account details.
The practice of companies and their employees to not change their passwords for a long time is very prone to get cracked by cybercriminals and they get access to confidential places and cause huge hazards.
4.Social Engineering Attacks
This type of fraud business is conducted via communication platforms, the primary one being emailed. The fraudsters send emails that seem to be from genuine sources, with the formats of convincing the recipients to click on suspicious URLs and get their systems infected and hacked by the cyber criminals. Positive Research revealed that these attacks comprise 31% of all cyber-attacks.
Corporate employees are prone to receive these emails, as the criminals have the intention to retrieve important corporate data and employee details. Also, getting back account details are the other motives of the attackers behind mailing people and persuading them to click over malicious links.