2018 saw a massive increase in the number of cyber attacks — the most in history thus far placing data security at high priority. Any data-centric business (let alone any individual) is keenly aware of the repercussions that hacking and data breaches can have. From Trojan viruses, worms, and malware to spyware and ransomware, the number of hacking attacks that can jeopardize both privacy and financial bottom lines seem to be growing both in number and sophistication.
With some experts predicting that malware will be a key issue in the coming year, we’ve collected some additional data security stats from 2018 that we found of note: