With criminals finding increasingly clever ways to target us and companies getting increasingly aggressive with their data collection know how to protect yourself online can be tricky. Here to help we asked some of the biggest names in cyber security about what threats to expect this year and the best way to protect yourself against them.
We’re officially in 2022, which means we can expect even more new technology and new platforms that we all have to get used to.
But it also means that we need to be on the lookout for any new scams or threats that we haven’t seen before, whether that be more data breaches or a new format of phishing email.
We’ve asked three experts in security and technology to understand how you can stay safe this year and what you should be on the lookout for.
What will be 2022’s biggest cyber threats to consumers?
Duncan Brown, VP of enterprise research and lead of the Future of Trust research in Europe told Trusted Reviews that ransomware is less of a threat to the regular consumer, instead, phishing emails and online scams are more prevalent.
“Everyone talks about ransomware, and indeed we do see a lot of ransomware cases. But these are typically aimed at companies, probably because they have more resources to be able to pay a ransom. Ransomware reaches consumers occasionally, but consumers should be more…