This year will come with a growing number of cyber attacks by smart devices, which will lead to blocking the activity of commonly used online services such as news sites, social networking or online stores, anticipates specialists at Bitdefender.
In addition, ransomware threats, aggressive advertising and Internet revive hidden for illegal trafficking of goods and services, are the main trends for 2017.
Attacks will generate massive loss to companies
Attacks that block access to websites of companies will be amplified by remote control easily the weak secure smart devices. So hackers are building huge networks such devices belonging to ordinary users through their attacks and launches aimed at destabilizing certain targets.
Although, as in the past, some attacks will be political reasons or just components of complex attacks, significant weight will target companies in order to obtain money by blackmailing them with temporary cessation of economic activity.
The attacks will develop continuously the explosion in the number of intelligent devices connected to the Internet. While security is always a priority for manufacturers of these gadgets, mainly because insufficient memory and resources do not allow running or complex security algorithms for constant software updates. The use of personal devices in the corporate environment will further complicate security.
Recently, a large-scale cyber attack, called Mirai and operated by smart devices has led to blocking the activity for several hours services such as Twitter, Spotify, The New York Times, Reddit, Yelp, Box, Pinterest and Paypal. It represents a new level of control over global communications, reserved until now only the most powerful state actors, but there is now in the hands of unknown individuals.
It shows a simplification of targeted attacks on companies. While in the past only detect advanced persistent threats, we are now witnessing a return to the most rudimentary tactics as simple viruses trying to access internal company networks. This reflects both the lack of security protocols and thorough that even novice attackers went into business companies seizure data.
Devices with vulnerabilities create possibilities for cross threats, as 60% of users păstează personal files in computers on the same network with smart devices. Moreover, users of safety concerns seldom smart terminals - 42% of owners surveyed by Bitdefender smart houses claim that never update their internet connected TV, for example, citing lack of time and technical knowledge.
Ransomware on upward trend
Creators type ransomware threats (which encrypts user data and then calls the reward) will allocate additional resources to improve the system of automatic targeting victims. This functionality will help companies to distinguish between ordinary users and therefore try to blackmail ultimately larger amounts of money.
2016 was the year ransomware, and the threat will continue to expand into other operating systems in the future. Bitdefedner telemetry data extracted from ransomware shows that infection is one of the most profitable activities of cyber crime, investment yields up to 1.500%.
Developers ransomware a certain type of Bitdefender monitored early managed to raise $ 1.5 million in just one week.
The secret lies in the increased profitability of ransomware that users place a high value on personal data and information stored in various terminals, not doing their backups and update constantly cyber security solutions.
