HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN HACKED

Don’t let attackers sneak under your radar: Nik Rawlinson reveals the telltale signs to look out for.

Cyberattacks don’t look like you might expect – and they certainly don’t look like they do in the movies. If your security is compromised, you probably won’t see a big flashing sign saying “YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED”, or weird skull-and-crossbones graphics filling your display. On the contrary, modern attacks lay low. The era when hackers just wanted to attract attention and cause chaos is long past: today, they more likely want to use your computer for mining cryptocurrency, or as a staging point for launching anonymous attacks on remote targets. Or, of course, they may intend to quietly encrypt your personal files, with a view to demanding a ransom for the decryption key. Whatever the goal, it’s in their interest to be as discreet as possible, and not to tip…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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