Think Like A Hacker To Help Protect Your Business
When people think about “hackers”, they picture the typical hooded figure furiously typing on a keyboard to break into networks.
However, hacking doesn’t always require guessing passwords or exploiting unpatched machines; it can commonly be social engineering and targeting!
Let’s think like a hacker! Here’s an example:
Imagine you were to target your own company. How would you do it?
- You could look up your business on Google or LinkedIn to see who the decision makers are.
- You might find a decision maker you can target!
- You can create a free email and “pretend” to be yourself.
- You can try to trick that decision maker into sending sensitive information, changing accounting information, or other activities that would leave your business vulnerable.
How long did those take you?
Now imagine that was your full-time job! With the vast amount of information online, it is a treasure trove for hackers.
It is not unheard of for hackers to perform reconnaissance work for up to a year to get a deeper insight and understanding of their target. Of course for small businesses, hackers are not going to spend that much time on them. The approach they take for small businesses is the shotgun approach, get as many contact details as they can and blast it out, waiting for someone to take the bait. This resulted in lots of cyber attacks attempts on a daily basis as everyone is trying their luck.
Way to reduce your risk
If your business has:
- Employee Cybersecurity Training
- Spam Filtering that can block spoofing
- Data Loss Prevention that prevents sensitive information from leaving the company
You’re significantly less likely to have an incident occur! Instead of not investing in these solutions and leaving your most important asset vulnerable, reach out to our team to take control of your cybersecurity.
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