The pandemic has ushered in irreversible changes to our lifestyles – the way we shop, travel and work is considerably different to how things were at the beginning of the year. Part of this change has seen us spend more time online, and this has unfortunately made us all more susceptible to cybercriminals. The move to widespread home working blurred the lines between our personal and professional lives, meaning security has become intrinsic to our daily lives.
To make things more complex, the methods used by hackers are always becoming more sophisticated. Businesses in every industry must therefore act to keep corporate data from falling into the wrong hands or they’ll soon suffer the consequences. Despite this, consumers are failing to bring their security habits up to scratch even amid rising numbers of data breaches and personal information for sale on the dark web.
Our research suggests that this indifference towards security may well be down to a lack of awareness – 40% of people don’t even know what we mean by dark web, let alone how their personal data could be compromised. It’s time we finally put a stop to this, so what is the dark web and how can we keep our information away from prying eyes?
An unknown side to the web
The dark web consists of the parts of the internet which cannot be accessed through search engines like Google. Awareness stems from horror stories of data breaches resulting in thousands of stolen credentials being put up for sale, ranging from passwords to bank account numbers and medical records. This is alarming when
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