Some millennials think they are too boring to be hacked: Report

Doesn’t matter what sort of security they might be using for their laptops or PCs or even their phones, one in every three millennial thinks that he/she is far too boring to be hacked by a cybercriminal

The study revealed that millennials think they are too boring for cybercriminals but 36% say that they should be doing more nonetheless to strengthen their digital security. (Pixabay)

While online security is vital for millennials looks to find their ‘Digital Comfort Zones' while they work from home, a Kaspersky report shows that over a third of them (37%) think they are far too boring to ever become a victim of cybercrime.

The global study by Kaspersky titled ‘More Connected Than Ever Before: How We Build Our Digital Comfort Zones', delved into studying changing character traits in a world that is having to incorporate more and more technology to survive.

The study revealed that millennials think they are too boring for cybercriminals but 36% say that they should be doing more nonetheless to strengthen their digital security. However, this security upgrade is not the most important thing on their to-do list.

Thanks to the new work from home norm, the average daily time spent online is 7.1 hours a day, this is up by 1.8 hours per day as compared to what it was at the beginning of the year. Around 49% of the millennials say that all this time online has made them more aware of their digital security.

Most of the time spent online is on social media and 61% say that the rise of online dating from home is a particular concern for digital security.

To battle this concern, 52% of millennials said that they only run trustworthy apps on their devices from official stores such as Apple App Store and Google Play Store, while 49% run regular anti-virus scans on each of their devices to protect themselves. However, a mischievous streak also appears in 13% of millennials, who admitted to using their neighbors' WiFi in the past without them knowing.