In an era of accelerating digitization, businesses face a growing risk: cyberattacks. According to the Hiscox 2023 report, 53% of French companies experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year. In this context, actively monitoring security vulnerabilities has become an essential strategic priority to protect your systems, data, and reputation.

Regular updating of IT systems is the security practice of applying patches published by vendors as soon as they are available, in order to close known vulnerabilities before they are exploited. According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2024, 32% of data breaches exploit vulnerabilities for which a patch already existed—making unapplied updates one of the most avoidable attack vectors.

Phishing is the number one cyber threat for businesses: according to ANSSI, it accounts for over 80% of security incidents reported in France. Based on social engineering, this technique deceives employees to steal credentials, spread malware, or divert funds. Discover how to effectively recognize, prevent, and manage this ever-present threat.

In order to fraudulently obtain over one billion dollars in 2016, hackers did not hesitate to flood the world with infected emails. More than 40% of global spam contains a ransomware.

As we mentioned in a previous note, SOS Data Recovery has launched a new service called "forensic computer," focused on finding evidence on computer equipment.

It is in this context that we followed with interest a study that ranked different European cities according to their vulnerability to cybercrime.

With the widespread adoption of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile computing devices that allow users to be reached, consult, and respond to emails virtually anywhere, companies are increasingly facing security problems.