Changes in cybercrime trends have been documented in a new report, and the new trends are showing that personal and corporate data are at a higher risk than ever before. Cybercriminals are "professionalizing" their work, which is changing just how effective traditional security measures are.
Stealthier Crimes
In the latest Sophos security report entitled "Threat Report 2014: Smarter, Shadier, Stealthier Malware," the preferred methods of attack for the coming year are detailed. As reported in Naked Security, criminals are becoming more professional about their work, offering clients easy-to-use services. The report revealed that they are focusing on stealthier phishing and social engineering techniques instead of taking time to attack harder to exploit operating systems, such as Windows 8.1. The ...
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