The year 2022 continues to challenge us. There is so much happening that it’s almost impossible to track anything in particular.
Both economic and political difficulties are actively discussed on the Internet. Social media and websites have become our main sources of information. Moreover, the WEB is the place where people work, communicate, and sometimes share sensitive information.
Consequently, it has attracted scammers who look for internet “newbies” to deceive them in order to get money and confidential information for further crimes.
In 2022, cybercriminals used all known means of hacking and scamming to corrupt important information, compromise people, and destabilize websites and data centers.
What are the most popular cyber threats when “surfing” the internet?
- Deepfakes. This technology became so good that even experienced users can’t tell the difference between a real person and a fake video. The video below displays a deepfake of the actor Tom Cruise. The appearance and the voice are all done so smoothly that it actually scares a little 🙂
@deeptomcruise I love magic!
♬ original sound – Tom
Unfortunately, this technology is used not only for fun videos but for scamming or compromising purposes.
- Phishing. One of the most popular cyber threats used by scammers to deceive people. Emails with deceptive headings (“You won $100! Open for details”, “Important message from your company”, etc.) and website clones that contain links to malicious pages made by hackers or scammers.
Malicious software. It is important to be careful when clicking on links in suspicious emails or websites. Otherwise, such software can corrupt files on your device or let a scammer into your system.
- Cloud services. Working in the cloud is always a challenge. Internet outage? No access to your data. Cyber attack on cloud public servers? Data loss. Simplicity is great, and it saves some time, but what’s on the internet belongs to the internet. Some security measures work, and some don’t. That is why, if you want to protect essential data, you should learn about self-hosting and basic administration.
Yes, it takes some time to figure everything out, but information security is worth it.