5 Cyber Security Threats For 2015

[Audrey McNeil <audrey () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://tech.co/cyber-security-threats-for-2015-2015-10

Currently, there are increasingly large numbers of cyber attacks in the
nation. In fact, the FBI now ranks cybercrime as one of its top law
enforcement activities. President Barack Obama, in his recently proposed
budget, said that he would drastically raise the spending on cybersecurity
to around $15 billion. From fraud and identity theft to commercial hacking
assaults, cybersecurity has never been so important for governments,
businesses and other organizations.

Hacking experts throughout the world have warned that there are more
security threats in the near future, as web identity thieves are gradually
getting more and more educated and sophisticated. While some of the
conventional cybercrimes like internet password fraud will be prevalent in
2015, there will be more espionage attacks on a larger scale and the
Internet of Things will even be considered as a huge risk. Read on to learn
some of the cyber security threats for 2015 that you should watch out for:

Ransomeware:

Ransomware is a specific kind of malware, which when infected, restricts
you to access to a computer system. This will become more refined in its
targets and methods. Experts predict that the variants of ransomware that
hurt the security software that are installed within a computer may
particularly target the endpoints which sign up with cloud-based storage
solutions like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and many more. On detecting
the endpoint, ransomware will exploit the stored personal credentials of
the logged-in user and will even infect the cloud storage that is backed
up. McAfee has warned that ransomware attackers will try out as many ways
possible to shell out ransom payments from their victims.

Cyber espionage:

No matter how tight-lipped the governments may be about their involvement
in different activities to fight against their cyber enemies, cyber
espionage is gradually becoming the strongest weapon for most of the
national governments. The long term players will gradually become better
gatherers of information and newcomers will only look for ways of stealing
money.

The Internet of Things:

Are you aware of the Internet of Things? Well, if answered No, then this is
the connection of different devices like cars and home appliances to the
Internet. But sadly enough, this will always be the Internet of
Vulnerabilities. Founder of Cyber Senate, Jamison Nesbitt echoed the
beliefs of the experts who said that the Internet of Things is one of the
biggest cybersecurity risks of 2015. The unique security challenges will
come in terms of the total number of devices that are connected at present.
The IoT will be embedded into every market from the energy industry to the
healthcare industry.

Increase in cyber theft:

Stealing online financial information is not a new thing. Stealing debit or
credit card data online has become a profitable business for cyber
criminals. However, as there are new methods of paying for goods like
mobile payments, there is again a new opportunity for cyber hackers,
especially when retailers don’t store confidential data securely. This
would require cyber criminals to target the personal cards and that
wouldn’t result in huge scale breaches or burglary.

Precarious passwords:

Passwords that are easy-to-crack are going to pose a big risk in 2015.
There has always been a risk of weak passwords and this is a known fact but
this may still lead to some of the highest-profile attacks like the very
recent iCloud attack.

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