Beware of the cyber-attack!

Internet of Things, malware, DDoS, blastware and phishing. Beware of the biggest cybersecurity threats in 2016.

According to Gartner, worldwide organizations spent in 2015 almost 80 billion dollars on information security. Last year, the average security breach cost a company 154 dollars — it’s a 6 percent more than in 2014.

Experts predict that by 2020, there will be more than 20 billion connected devices (Internet of Things). These devices, connected to a global network are great targets to DDoS attack. And with no doubt there will be more and more DDoS attacks every year (by the way — the power of DDoS attack recently gain a new record: 500 GB/sec!). Furthemore there will be more viruses and worms designed to specifically attack IoT devices. As a result of ‘big numbers’ of connected devices, probably we could see in short time the rise of machine to machine attacks. Much more dangerous is a fact thatmany personal devices will be the gate to corporate networks — which are more interesting and lucrative for criminals.

According to Gartner, worldwide organizations spent in 2015 almost 80 billion dollars on information security. Last year, the average security breach cost a company 154 dollars — it’s a 6 percent more than in 2014.

Which security threats, except of DDoS, we should be aware of? One of the most dangerous is blastware, a malware designed to destroy or disable systems when detected by antivirus. The most known blastware is Rombertik, stealing confidential information from targets using Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome. Ghostware, by contrast, enters into a system, steals the data and disappears withount any trace. It is not without reason, ghostware is often called „Snapchat of malware”. The another bad news is phishing attacks aren’t going anywhere. Criminals will still acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details, using clones of a websites or e-mail messages.

Conclusion? Firms must be ready for cyber attacks. Anytime.