Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Cybersecurity is indispensable

It’s all about business when it comes to cybercrime. Attackers take advantage of people’s good faith and exploit companies in their attempts at stealing data, which they then use to pressure individuals or entire companies to pay a ransom. Cybercriminals rely on weak passwords, seek out software vulnerabilities or hijack online accounts – doing so by any means possible. The main thing is the end result. Good cybersecurity practices and maintaining the security of accounts and data can help users and small and medium size enterprises nip potential attacks in the bud.

Every day, cybercriminals send billions of spam and phishing emails to individuals and companies; these emails contain malicious links or attachments concealing malware. Yet, this attack method is only one of many in use nowadays. The attackers look for outdated software, because older versions often contain vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Or they try to hijack the online accounts of users. No one has the exact figures, but a report published by Microsoft sheds some light on the extent of the danger. According to the company, its customer accounts and software face 600 million cyberattacks every day. Likewise, it has registered 35 billion threats stemming from phishing emails just this year. And these are just the figures from one globally active corporation. It’s hardly possible to put an exact figure to the overall number of attacks; and it would make your head spin. […]

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Über die AV-TEST – SITS Deutschland GmbH

AV-TEST is an independent supplier of services in the fields of IT Security and Antivirus Research, focusing on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products.

Due to the timeliness of the testing data, malware can instantly be analyzed and categorized, trends within virus development can be detected early, and IT-security solutions can be tested and certified. The AV-TEST Institute’s results provide an exclusive basis of information helping vendors to optimize their products, special interest magazines to publish research data, and end users to make good product choices.

AV-TEST has operated out of Magdeburg (Germany) since 2004 and employs more than 30 team members, professionals with extensive practical experience. The AV-TEST laboratories include 500 client and server systems, where more than 3,500 terabyte of independently-collected test data, containing both malicious and harmless sample information, are stored and processed.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

AV-TEST – SITS Deutschland GmbH
Klewitzstraße 7
39112 Magdeburg
Telefon: +49 391 6075460
https://www.av-test.org

Ansprechpartner:

Erik Heyland
E-Mail: presse@av-test.com

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