{"id":5195,"date":"2018-09-13T18:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2020-08-18T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:58:18","slug":"data-breach-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antivirus.comodo.com\/blog\/comodo-news\/data-breach-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide To Survival The Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many of us might have fallen a prey to cyber criminals at least once in the last few years and suffered a bit due to data breach<\/em> issues. In all cases, a cybercriminal uses malware to infiltrate the systems to cull out the required data, but if an antivirus software<\/a><\/strong> is installed then it can prevent such attacks.<\/p>\n

Today, busniesses big or small have become prime targets of data breaches. For instance, the infamous Equifax breach reportedly attacked 143 million people, and the Exactis breach affected a whopping 340 million.<\/p>\n

In both the cases, the main objective of the infiltrators was to collect data from as many people as possible and then trade it for cash to legitimate businesses. Beyond question, there\u2019s big money involved in data collection, buying, and selling.<\/p>\n

Many e-commerce companies collect information such as user habits, likes, contact info, and other details. Organizations such as Exactis collect such valuable data and when cybercriminals infiltrate these databases, they hit a jackpot.<\/p>\n

Data Breach \u2013 What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data breach refers to an infiltration attempt using illegal techniques by a cybercriminal to access protected confidential information. Breach here interprets to an opening which is not supposed to be there and it can be directly interpreted to an exploitable hole in the system security.<\/p>\n

Confidential Informations That Are Targeted!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many confidential details that are targeted by the online criminals. However, these data need to be gathered from different sources and from different locations. Some of the details include:<\/p>\n