SMBs at Higher Risk of Sophisticated Cyberattacks

According to a recent survey from Barkly, cyberattacks targeting SMBs are plummeting, with two-thirds of the respondents reported increased sophistication of those attacks. In fact, SMBs have seen an exponential increase in the type of attacks that are different from the usual threat vectors. The top five biggest attacks faced by SMBs in the last one year are:

1. Attacks abusing Microsoft Office programs
2. Attacks installing cryptominers
3. Ransomware attacks
4. Attacks abusing other legitimate Windows apps
5. Attacks utilizing worming/lateral movement components.

Despite the increasing number of attacks, only 36% of SMBs expect to see an increase in their security budget for 2019. [via TechRepublic]

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/smbs-at-higher-risk-of-sophisticated-cyberattacks-here-are-the-top-threats/