Small Businesses Are Cybercrime Targets

One of the biggest myths about cyber attacks is that they only happen to large companies. Sure, larger organizations get more than their fair share of headlines. Whether it's stolen user data, ransomware shutdowns, or DDoS attacks that cut off access to some of the Internet's most popular sites, larger organizations' inability to respond to cyber threats is big news.

But small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are actually attacked more often. SMBs made up 61% of cyber attack victims last year, according to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach report. More than a third of SMBs were victims of ransomware last year. By every estimation, SMBs are under fire. Any notion that they somehow fly under the radar, never attracting hackers' attention, is plain false. Read more at https://www.securitynow.com/author.asp?section_id=613&doc_id=738701&