2017 Security Predictions
22/12/16 00:01:00
It's that time of year again where Corey (Nachreiner Cheif Technology Officer) looks back at the previous 12 months in network security and then gets out his remarkably reliable crystal ball to gaze into the future and see what 2017 brings!
This year:
- The first ever Ransomworm, causing ransomware to spread faster
- Attackers exploit infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
- IoT devices become the de facto target for botnet zombies
- In 2017, we'll see civilian "casualties" in the Cyber Cold War
- Under siege by cyber criminals, SMBs turn to small MSSPs for cyber security
- Increased biometrics usage hides continued creential insecurity; passwords aren't really gone
- Attackers start leveraging machine learning and AI to improve malware and attacks