Concerns raised over holiday cybercrime attacks. Concerns raised over holiday cybercrime attacks. (Source: Shutterstock)

Cybersecurity has been a top concern for businesses for the past year as the number and impact of cyberattacks has increased drastically.

The FBI and CISA announced an "increase in highly impactful ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends – when offices are normally closed – in the United States" and warned businesses to be "especially diligent in your network defense practices in the run up to holidays and weekends, based on recent actor tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and cyberattacks over holidays and weekends during the past few months," in a statement earlier this year.

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