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cyber security in 2022
2022 was quite a busy year for cybercriminals, recent findings show. According to an annual report from Israeli cyber security company Perception Point, there was a 356% increase in advanced phishing attacks carried out by malicious actors globally.
What’s scary to me is how often these attacks take advantage of the weakest link: us humans. For example, the report shows an 83% year-over-year increase in business email compromise (BEC) attempts.
“In these attacks,” the report explains, “cyber criminals use fake emails to impersonate legitimate businesses and request large sums of money or confidential data from employees or business associates.”
