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Hackers-for-hire are biggest cyber security threat

By Foo Yun Chee

Oct 28 2021 11:57AM

According to EU security agency ENISA.

Hackers-for-hire are biggest cyber security threat

Hackers-for-hire emerged as the biggest threat to online security in the last 15 months, with the Covid-19 pandemic and home working creating opportunities for cybercriminals, EU cyber security agency ENISA said in its annual report. The study, which covered the period April 2020 to July 2021, ...

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