Cybercrime Threats Which May Threaten Organizations and Consumers in 2016

Kaspersky Labs has defined seven cyberthreats to guard against in the year ahead. Retail Data Hacks, Mobile Security & Smartphone Vulnerability Threats, Phishing Attacks & Social Engineering, Identity Theft, Healthcare Data Hacks and  

 Attacks on Banks Mitigation steps include: 1) Use strong passwords for your accounts that include numbers, lower case and capitalized letters, and are not easy to guess, e.g. password, 12345, etc. 2) Don't open suspicious emails requesting that you reenter sensitive data, 3) Destroy sensitive documents, 4) Use a VPN to secure your Internet connection if you need to use public Wi-Fi, 5) Keep your antivirus software up to date. These are boom times for cyberthreats, cyberattacks and cybercrime. From identity theft to the retail hacks, these attacks are dominating the news cycle. On average, fraud victims will spend $776 of their own money and lose 20 hours trying to fix the mess that identity thieves made. Which cybercrime threats pose the biggest danger to yourself or your organization in 2016? Send your comments to the Cloud and Cyber Security Center.