Cybersecurity experts are always on their toes whenever the online landscape is going through a change. It is the time of chaos and hackers usually misuse that chaos to trick users into revealing the information that they shouldn’t. This particular technique is known as phishing. It has many advanced modifications too – spear phishing, credential stuffing, pharming, and vishing. Needless to say, the online security concerns that erupt due to ignorance are the most painful. 

The extent of sophistication that hackers have achieved can be judged by the fact that they actually end up using the Google services – that Google designs for the safety of internet users – to target the web users. This practice helps them in fooling Google’s very own binary filter that lets the spam emails get past the spam filter. 

That’s not all. Hackers have also started purchasing actual domain names to create real-looking malicious websites in the disguise of online sellers of masks, protective gears, and sanitizers. Since the online purchase of these items has increased during COVID, users end up trusting the real-looking malicious websites. The situation gets worse when the DNS redirects the users to those websites. 

So, in layman terms, hackers use advanced phishing techniques nowadays to cheat users. If you’re worried about the safety of your business, then the below listed cybersecurity practices are the ones you must adopt. 

Password Strengthening 

Changing the default password is not sufficient. It’s relevant only when the new password is strong. 

Here’s what a strong password is like. 

• It has no less than 12 characters. 
• Characters include numbers, symbols, and small letter and large letter alphabets. 
• It is not shared by any two devices or accounts. 
• It is not known to anybody else except for you. 
• It is stored, along with all the other passwords, in the password manager app. 

2. MFA Implementation

A strong backdoor password already gives hackers a tough time. When additional 3 or more layers are added and as long as even 1 remains unbreached, one can only imagine the problems that hackers have to face. Which is why hackers don’t usually like spending time on devices that are this strong. 

Employees’ Training 

Teach them what phishing is so that they know what they’re dealing with. The other benefits of training employees are as follows. 

1. They know how to patch the home router. 
2. They know they are not supposed to click on suspicious emails. 

So, it requires a good bit of collective effort to defend a business from hackers. If you’re smart, you’ll follow the techniques that have been explained above.