Explained: How to protect yourself against cyberattacks
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained: How to protect yourself against cyberattacks

The Hindu  

The war in Ukraine isn’t only being fought on the ground — it's also being fought online, prompting the need for organizations and individuals around the world who handle sensitive information to step up cybersecurity protocols. They received phishing emails — or messages aimed at collecting sensitive information — from a Ukrainian armed service member’s compromised account, she said. How to preempt attacks The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center warned in its January report related to potential cyberattacks in Ukraine that the "number could grow as our investigation continues." Efficient hackers can target backed-up data too, so users should "build resilience within their system" by hosting this information in locations that are inaccessible within the typical data management system, Roy said.

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