Cyber attacks are becoming more prevalent with increasingly damaging outcomes, presenting new cybersecurity risks to users.
But in spite of the ever-evolving threat landscape, many of the best defenses remain the same. This includes the basics like creating strong passwords and avoiding malicious links. Yet often, people take unnecessary risks due to convenience, among other factors.
This graphic shows the top cybersecurity mistakes in 2023, based on data from Proofpoint.
So according to this chart 74% of people connecting to public WiFi have a VPN? I wouldn't have thought the numbers would be that high. In fact, I would have guessed the opposite of most of those numbers based on what I know of the people around me!
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I also think 26% is a low figure. But what's really interesting is this:
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It is incredible how the lack of adequate knowledge differs from the results we can achieve. Before starting bitcoin, I easily used the same key for every aspect of my life, a super mistake that I corrected once I fell down the rabbit hole of privacy and cyber security.
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