COVID CREATED A VULNERABILITY FOR CYBER ATTACKS

  • 01/10/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased users' vulnerability to cyber attacks as more people work remotely and stay online for longer, a senior UAE government official said.Remote working increases the vulnerability of companies' IT networks as it can lead to thousands of personal computers being infected with a single click, he said.“Lately, we are working from home or from remote locations … more people are staying online and it could give more space to cyber criminals,” Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti, head of cyber security for the UAE government, told an online seminar on Wednesday.

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