Digital security

The top five cyber security risks for 2015

• Ransomeware

• The internet of things

• Cyber-espionage

• Cyber theft increases

• Insecure passwords

 

Insecure passwords

Weaknesses of passwords, which makes it easy for hackers to crack your password. To solve this there has been a method of password recovery that has been put into place, which only asks questions that only the initial owner is able to answer.

 

Cyber theft increases

Many of us store our personal information as well as our banking details which makes it easier for the criminals to steal ones financial information. Although they have introduced a new way of paying such as contactless and mobile paying the store or business that you are paying should keep payment data very secure.

 

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This is becoming the weapon of choice of the government.

 

The Internet of things

There are millions of hackers out there that would compromise the interconnected systems . from healthcare all the way to the energy industry and transport networkshasn’t been designed with safety in mind.