Blog
Topic
All
AIoT
Products and technologies
Industries
All
Education
Logistics
Building
Energy
Sports
Sustainability
Business trends
Cybersecurity
Events
Access control
Trends
LED
Industry News
Company News
Product Announcement
Search blog
Blog
Filter
Cancel
Topic
All
AIoT
Products and technologies
Industries
All
Education
Logistics
Building
Energy
Sports
Sustainability
Business trends
Cybersecurity
Events
Access control
Trends
LED
Industry News
Company News
Product Announcement
Reset
Submit

Security Concerns & Vulnerability Exploits: Top 5 Cybersecurity Threats Outlined

 

Hikvision Senior Cybersecurity Director on Cyber Threats, Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploits

 

Cyber threats are increasing in sophistication and leading to growth in security concerns and vulnerability exploits. The Security magazine article, “5 biggest cybersecurity threats: How hackers utilize remote work and human error to steal corporate data,” highlights the top cybersecurity issues facing organizations.  

Social engineering is one of the top cybersecurity concerns listed in the article.

In another recent Security magazine story, social engineering is described as, “a non-technical strategy that relies on human interaction and often involves deceiving people into breaching standard security practices, that will only increase in the new year.” The blog goes on to say, “Social engineering often involves common attacks such as phishing emails, which are fraudulent communications attempting to get a user to disclose confidential information or click a link that could install malware.”

The Security magazine article found that one-third of 2020’s security breaches used social engineering and 90 percent of tactics used involved phishing.

Another big cyber threat is ransomware, “a data-encrypting program that demands payment to release the infected data.” Ransomware is the most popular kind of malware found in data breaches, with damages reaching into the millions of dollars in 2020.

Vulnerabilities related to cloud computing are getting the attention of hackers. And “while the pandemic lasts, the economy also witnessed a 50 percent increase in cloud use across all industries,” said the article. The pandemic has also fueled growth in attempted security breaches.

View the article to read the entire list of cybersecurity threats.

Read more about cyber trends and security concerns in our blog, “Hikvision’s Senior Cybersecurity Director on Current Cyber Threats: Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploits and Ransomware on the Rise.”

Cybersecurity

Subscribe to newsletter

Subscribe to our email newsletter to get the latest, trending content from Hikvision

Hikvision.com uses strictly necessary cookies and related technologies to enable the website to function. With your consent, we would also like to use cookies to observe and analyse traffic levels and other metrics / show you targeted advertising / show you advertising on the basis of your location / tailor our website's content. For more information on cookie practices please refer to our cookie policy.

 

Contact Us
Hik-Partner Pro close
Hik-Partner Pro
Security Business Assistant. At Your Fingertips. Learn more
Hik-Partner Pro
Scan and download the app
Hik-Partner Pro
Hik-Partner Pro

Get a better browsing experience

You are using a web browser we don’t support. Please try one of the following options to have a better experience of our web content.