2020 wasn’t the first year where a virus emerged causing large scale disruption and opportunities for cybercrime. It was, however, the first time that the virus in question wasn’t created by cyber criminals. But that certainly didn’t stop them exploiting it.
Our cyber security review of 2020 therefore has to start with how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted cyber crime and how the NCSC responded. We also include some of our content on the risks to homeworkers and SMEs, cover the creation of the National Cyber Force, of interest to the defence sector, and share new research on easy to guess passwords and data breaches. Different year, same old mistakes.