{"id":4374,"date":"2020-10-14T16:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2020-10-14T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:29:18","slug":"how-statistics-tell-the-story-of-an-endpoint-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/how-statistics-tell-the-story-of-an-endpoint-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How Statistics Tell the Story of an Endpoint Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How do statistics tell the story of a typical endpoint attack? Moreover, how can you use this knowledge to protect your enterprise and users from external threat actors?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hackers constantly evolve their tactics and malware programs to subvert and circumvent cybersecurity protections. However, at the same time, hackers tend to use the techniques that work on a majority of victims. Unfortunately, businesses don\u2019t take cybersecurity<\/a> seriously or improve past legacy solutions, so hackers can just keep the same malware strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So how do external threat actors perform an endpoint attack? Here\u2019s what you need to know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How Statistics Tell the Story of an Endpoint Attack<\/b><\/h2>\n

Small and Mid-Sized Businesses at Risk\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

According to <\/span>Hiscox\u2019s Cyber Readiness Report 2019<\/span><\/a>, attacks on small to mid-sized businesses continue to increase year-over-year. 47 percent of smaller businesses and 63 percent of mid-sized businesses suffer from cyber-attacks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why does this statistic matter to your business? It reveals that every business regardless of size and industry is at risk. Smaller businesses often believe that hackers won\u2019t target them because of their size and relatively minor importance. Therefore, SMBs neglect to perform the basic maintenance of their cybersecurity and endpoint security, including replacing legacy systems and patching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hackers do not care about size, only about the ease of entry and the profit they can make. If you don\u2019t already have one, you need a next-generation solution before hackers attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An Endpoint Attack Starts With Phishing<\/b><\/h3>\n

According to the <\/span>IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report<\/span><\/a>, 90 percent of cyber attacks begin with a phishing attack. In fact, it is easy to see why hackers constantly come back to this well:<\/span><\/p>\n