With 2019 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year and also look at what the new year will bring.
This year, we saw attackers set their sights on cities and government entities, impacting more than 100+ cities in the U.S. with ransomware. These attacks weren’t cheap, either — costing millions in recovery costs.
We also saw several very large data breaches across the globe. From social media sites to fitness, gaming and even genealogy firms — 2019 was a treasure trove of compromised data.
Cybercrime gangs like Evil Corp who deploys BitPaymer and Gootkit that dropped MegaCortex made headlines with targeted ransomware attacks. Trickbot took this ‘big game hunting’ to another level when it hit the tech provider of nursing homes in the US and demanded a $14 million ransom.
So what lies ahead in 2020? How will the cybercrime threat landscape change and evolve?
11 Security Predictions for 2020
I’ve pulled together my own predictions as well as insights and predictions from experts in IBM X-Force on what may be in store for us in 2020, including predictions on changing ransomware tactics, emerging nation-state actors, bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and more.
1. Banking Trojan Operators Will Change Focus
“Organized cybercrime gangs from the banking Trojan realms got the hang of multi-million dollar fraud. But that’s a lot of ‘marked money’ to move around. Their answer is clear: migrating toward targe ..
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