THE 10 BIGGEST THREATS TO YOUR PC IN 2022
The PC has been under attack – both literally and metaphorically – for years. Malware threats, environmental threats, even the threat of obsolescence have all been quietly dealt with over the decades.
Still, forewarned is forearmed, as the old saying goes. And there’s undoubtedly no shortage of dangers lurking in the shadows for the PC in 2022.
In this feature, we’ve canvassed the opinions of security experts and the PC Pro team to highlight ten dangers to the PC in the year ahead. Some are a little tongue-in-cheek, but all are things that you need to be wary of as we flip the calendar over into 2022.
1 RANSOMWARE
Of all the malware threats out there, ransomware is still the one that most consumers and business owners should be worried about, according to the security industry experts we spoke to.
The market for ransomware has grown so large that security firm Sophos has warned that it’s now being outsourced. “One group builds the ransomware and then leases the use of that ransomware out to specialists in the kind of virtual breaking-and-entering that requires a distinct skill set from that of ransomware creators,” the company writes in its 2022 Threat Report. “This ransomware-as-a-service (or RaaS) model has changed the landscape in ways we couldn’t predict.”
Other security experts agree the ransomware threat isn’t going away. “We’ve heard it time and time again but ransomware is out
