{"id":12502,"date":"2023-04-29T12:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T07:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protegent360.com\/?p=12502"},"modified":"2023-05-06T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T04:31:03","slug":"cyber-attacks-are-pervasive-in-2023-are-you-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protegent360.com\/blog\/cyber-attacks-are-pervasive-in-2023-are-you-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Attacks are pervasive in 2023! Are you prepared?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the digital world of universal information, it comes as no surprise that there is a growing trend of falsified online content that comes to the end users in the form of fake news, fake digital identities, and fake social media profiles. Hence, it would be apt to say that, \u201cThe emerging digital infrastructure is deceitful<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence is on the rise! Artificial Intelligence tools (like Chat GPT, Perplexity AI, Chatsonic, etc.) are comprehensive tools for research and analysis, but they can also be used by hackers to plan sophisticated cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n

With the evolution of the digital environment and all the pipelines related to brand, revenue, and reputation, almost every company is the target of hackers these days. In 2023 and beyond, our cynosure should be on the potential cyber-attack surfaces and avant-garde solutions to mitigate the risks as early as possible and encourage recovery.<\/p>\n

Cyber Crime Statistics to Watch in 2023 <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Undoubtedly, India is the top target for cyber-attacks in 2023. Industry Data shows that 2022 has been the worst year when it comes to cyber-attacks. All this happened because of the burgeoning concept of digitization, especially after the pandemic. By taking undue advantage of misaligned networks as businesses move to a hybrid work environment, malware attacks increased by 358% in 2020<\/strong> compared to 2019.<\/strong> Globally, cyber-attacks increased by 125%<\/strong> in 2021<\/strong> and will continue to threaten the world (Businesses & Individuals) in 2023 and beyond.<\/p>\n

India witnessed 13.91 lakh<\/strong> cyber security incidents in 2022<\/strong>, as per the Ministry of State for Electronics and Information<\/strong>. The numbers still do not give an exact picture of cyber-attacks in the country as these statistics only include information reported to and tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team<\/strong> (CERT-In).<\/p>\n

No industry is an exception to cybercrime. Last year in Nov 2022, India\u2019s premier medical Institute, AIMS, Delhi<\/strong> experienced a major cyber-attack that brought details of millions of patients at risk. This ransomware attack was carried out by Chinese hackers to disrupt Indian Healthcare Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The hackers are no were taking a setback. Recently, a \u201cSim Fraud\u201d case was reported in Delhi. A missed call costs an entrepreneur a hefty sum of 50 lakh. Shocking, isn\u2019t it? The cyber-criminals made a big transaction of 50 lakh from the entrepreneur\u2019s bank account without asking for an OTP. Through repeated missed calls, cybercriminals, stool 50 lakh.<\/p>\n

Cyber cases are increasing every minute and making people suffer not only in India but around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our Take on the Rising Cybercrimes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As per our research, we found that hackers or cybercriminals take advantage of code vulnerabilities and open-source flaws, certain loopholes, and leniency via zero-day malicious attacks.<\/p>\n

To deal with the ever-increasing cybercrimes, we need to work together. You can follow these tips if you don\u2019t want to fall victim to cyber-attacks in the future as it\u2019s better late than never<\/em><\/strong>. We, at Unistal also follow these tips to stay safe and secure.<\/p>\n

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