Once upon a time it was much easier to stay safe online; as long as you used an up-to-date antivirus package and were careful how you acted on the internet, you could expect to stay safe.
But now things have changed: new forms of malware and viruses appear every single day. Meanwhile the rise of social media means everything from your pet’s name to what you did at the weekend is online and could be exploited by cybercriminals to hack your devices and services.
Increasingly cybercriminals are using spying techniques better associated with intelligence agencies to identify relevant information about you and your life and turn that around to attack you.
“There are no hackers, they’re all gone — there are only spies,” says Eric O’Neill, national security strategist for Carbon Black and a former FBI counter-intelligence operative.
“The new hackers are using traditional espionage techniques and they’re blending it with advanced cyber penetrations in order to steal information,” he says, adding “just ask the DNC”. For the full article click here
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