Security News > 2023 > June > Kaspersky’s New Report Reveals the Top Cyber Threats for SMBs in 2023

A new report from Kaspersky reveals the top cyber threats for SMBs in 2023.

The biggest cybersecurity threat to SMBs is the use of exploits by attackers; there were 483,980 detections in the five first months of 2023.

The third biggest cybersecurity threat for SMBs is backdoors, which are malware that provides remote access to attackers.

Kaspersky's research shows that the global number of cybersecurity attacks when comparing January 2022 to May 2022 and January 2022 to May 2023 has decreased by 42%, yet the types of attacks stayed the same.

All of these cybersecurity threats can be operated by attackers for a variety of purposes, including cyberespionage and data theft and financial gain operations.

Cybersecurity best practices for SMBs. SMBs are advised to have all systems - hardware and software - up to date and patched in order to avoid attackers using exploits against known vulnerabilities.

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