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Five Biggest Cyber Threats to Law Offices

Law firms, home to a bounty of valuable data, can often be the targets of cybercriminals. There’s good news, though: You can help prevent attacks by being aware of the most common attack methods and using law firm data security measures to protect your company. Here are the top five cyber threats facing law firms and what you can do to protect yourself against them.

Phishing Attacks

A phishing attack consists of someone pretending to be a trusted person or company over email to trick someone into revealing sensitive information. Phishing attacks often seek to steal login info, bank information, credit card information, or other sensitive data, which is why cybercriminals often target law firms.

Law firms need to protect client information by putting in cybersecurity measures to defend against phishing. Law firm data security like Managed Inbox Detection and Response provides an easy way that staff can quickly validate if an email is malicious or safe.

Malware

Another top threat to law forms is malware. Malware is a general term for malicious software, which includes viruses, worms, and ransomware. For law firms, cybercriminals may deploy malware via:

  • Emails with links to websites that install malware when you visit them
  • Emails with files that launch malware once you’ve clicked on them
  • Website imitations created by hackers that are designed to look legitimate

One of the best ways to protect your law firm against malware is to educate your staff. Security Awareness Training can help educate employees on how to recognize and protect yourself against malware attempts to keep data secure.

Ransomware

Ransomware can be a costly threat. Once installed on a computer, ransomware takes over, denying access until you pay a ransom demanded by the attacker. Fortunately, there are technologies incorporated in law firm data security measures that can detect and stop ransomware from infiltrating your law firm.

One of the best things that law firms can do is be prepared. Understand where your infrastructure may have vulnerabilities by regularly performing risk assessments. While having security in place can help mitigate the risk of ransomware, every law firm should perform backups. Not only does this help protect your data from a hardware malfunction, it can also help if a ransomware attack occurred. Law firms can quickly turn back their system to a specific point in time vs. having to pay the ransom outright.

Email Hacking

Email hackers get your login credentials by either using a brute force attack (which involves essentially guessing your password using a computer) or by stealing them from you or a database. Once they hack your system, they can send emails on your behalf, pretend to be you, and read sensitive emails in your inbox.

Data Breaches

During a data breach, a hacker seeks to steal sensitive information such as PII, credit card data, financial data, and login credentials. The hacker may then use the information themselves or sell it on the black market to make a quick profit.

With the skills and experience that come with TPx managed services, you can minimize the risk of experiencing phishing, malware, ransomware, email hacking, and data breach attacks. TPx’s experienced IT professionals have intimate knowledge of how different types of hackers and cybercriminals work. With this knowledge on your side, you can focus your energies on growing your business instead of worrying if your law firm will be targeted next. Find out more about what TPx can do for your law firm today!

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