With employees having remote access to documents, e-mails, company systems, it is as if the corporate virtual environment is advancing and becoming confused with the domestic scope. Previously, the cybercriminal needed to break a company's robust defense to access its data.

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Now, this task has become simpler, as it is possible to steal information from access to any computer by a careless employee, such as someone who clicks on suspicious links or has weak access passwords. It is estimated that between 50% and 90% of data breaches are caused either by recklessness, or by being victims of phishing, for example.

Last year, Brazil was already the second country in the world in losses due to cyber attacks, with losses that exceeded US $ 20 billion. With the pandemic, we now see a quiet but substantial increase in crime. From February to March, the attack by cyber criminals on mobile devices is estimated to have risen 124% .

The threat of cybercrime is not new to pandemic times, but it is particularly alarming at the moment. Both the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the European Police Service (Europol) issued statements warning that, with the increase in the number of people at home and using online services, the means for cybercriminals to take advantage of to exploit opportunities and vulnerabilities have multiplied.

Employee awareness measures, such as special attention to files and links received from third parties and attention to the quality and updating of the hardware and software used, are important, but do not dispense with care that requires greater rigor and the specialized advice of information intelligence technicians.

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