{"id":9867,"date":"2019-12-16T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T12:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=9867"},"modified":"2019-12-16T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T12:39:10","slug":"uk-businesses-and-cybersecurity-most-common-attacks-and-how-to-protect-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/uk-businesses-and-cybersecurity-most-common-attacks-and-how-to-protect-against-them\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Businesses And Cybersecurity: Most Common Attacks And How To Protect Against Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK Businesses And Cybersecurity: Most Common Attacks And How To Protect Against Them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2022 55% of UK businesses report cyber-attacks this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Biggest cyber threat to business, finance and legal industry is macro malware in documents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 72% of these companies offer NO workplace cyber security training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 64% fail to employ preventative\/defensive measures following a security breach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than half<\/a> of UK businesses have reported cyber-attacks this year. And recent threats<\/a> to Britain\u2019s nuclear industry proves no-one is safe. Is each industry susceptible to a certain type of hacking?<\/p>\n

Specops Software<\/a> sought to find out. Individuals from a range of sectors were asked whether they\/their company had experienced a cyber-attack in the past 5 years (or since launch).<\/p>\n

1,731 respondents were enlisted. Of these, they were then asked to choose which forms of hacking they have been victim to.\u00a0Respondents chose from the following common hacking techniques: Bait and Switch, Browser Locker, Burrowing Malware, Clickjacking (UI Redress), Cookie Theft (Side Jacking\/Session Hijacking), Denial of Service (DDOS), Eavesdropping\/Passive Attacks, Fake WAP, Human Error, Internal Security Breaches, IoT Attacks, Keylogging, Macro Malware in Documents, Man-in-the-middle (MITM) Attacks, Phishing, Ransomware Attacks, Waterhole Attacks. So, what is the most common cyber-attack per industry?<\/p>\n

The most prevalent hacking technique in each industry are as it follows:<\/p>\n