Nerve-Wracking Facts:
10 Terrifying Tech & Cybersecurity Facts
- Ransomware attacks now occur every 2 seconds.
Just five years ago, it was every 11 seconds. Attackers are automating and scaling faster than businesses can keep up.
Source: Cybersecurity Ventures - 95% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error.
One wrong click or password reuse can open the door to devastating attacks.
Source: IBM Cybersecurity Intelligence Index - The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million.
For SMBs, the average cost is lower, but often catastrophic—many never recover.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report - Phishing emails fool 1 in 3 employees.
Despite training, 34% of users still fall for phishing attempts.
Source: Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report - Hackers can break into 93% of company networks.
A Positive Technologies study found that ethical hackers were able to breach nearly every organization they tested.
Source: Positive Technologies - 40% of SMBs go out of business within 6 months of a cyberattack.
The financial and reputational damage is often too much to recover from.
Source: U.S. National Cyber Security Alliance - Unpatched vulnerabilities are responsible for 60% of breaches.
Most attacks exploit known issues that simply weren’t fixed in time.
Source: Ponemon Institute - Public Wi-Fi can expose your entire device in under 60 seconds.
Without encryption or a VPN, cybercriminals can intercept passwords, messages, and more.
Source: Norton Cyber Safety Insights - There are over 30 billion connected devices globally—and growing.
Every connected device is a potential attack surface, especially IoT devices with weak security.
Source: Statista - AI is now being used by cybercriminals to write malware.
Tools like WormGPT have surfaced on the dark web, enabling hackers to use generative AI for advanced attacks.
Source: SlashNext Research
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