Small business cybersecurity was analyzed in a recent Comcast report. The report found that small businesses were under frequent threat from cyberattacks from July 2022 to June 2023, with daily malware activity roughly doubling year-over-year and peaks in both holiday seasons.
The widespread use of internet-connected devices has given rise to a substantial surge in threat actors targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), with malware, phishing and botnets being the most common threats.