With 5G gaining momentum in multiple parts of the world, the speed, capacity, and transmission of data are set to reach an all-time high. However, this digital transformation ushers the loophole of cybersecurity. This technology will expand the attack surface through the web due to the vast connectivity of devices and applications compared to the previous generation.
Packet sniffing is a practice of collecting, monitoring, and transmitting data or packets from various sources across the internet. Organizations or individuals’ activities are constantly analyzed by advertisers, government institutions, network admins and ISPs for a broad range of purposes.
Cyber squatting, or domain squatting, is a specific cyber crime involving the imitation of domain names. These names are unauthorized creations that resemble other organizations or individuals’ domains with the intention to profit off their reputation or redirect the traffic to their own fraudulent domain.
October is recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The theme for this year is “See Yourself in Cyber”, which emphasises that even though cybersecurity is a complex subject, it is ultimately about people.