Is a 25% drop in data breaches a good thing? No, not really. Attackers aren’t less aggressive or shrinking in number. Instead, they are simply shifting to different types of attacks like ransomware, which can be more impactful. ‘Integrity’ attacks tend to trump ‘Confidentiality’ attacks, like those of data breaches, when it comes to benefiting the criminal.
IBM says breached records dropped by nearly 25 percent to 2.9 billion last year | ZDNet
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Cyber attackers are just following the best prey.
Do you recommend any best practices to avoid being the next prey?
Have realistic expectations, adhere to good data practices, use industry standard protections, and don't fall for scam that you should know better.
You have said it all. Absolutely NO. Thanks for sharing this
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