Cyberthreats 2019 Biggest risks and cybercrime trends
Cyberthreats 2019, Biggest risks and cybercrime trends have just one direction - growing up. Cybercriminals such as blackhat hackers, cyberterrorists, and others are using more advanced and scalable tools to harm privacy and achieve their dirty goals. Two billion data records were compromised in 2017, and more than 4.5 billion records were breached in the first half of 2018 alone.
Here are the most pressing cybersecurity issues in 2019, as well as rising trends into 2020.
Breaches in home automation and the Internet of Things (IoT)
The consumer industry of the Internet of Things (IoT) is growing to 11-14 billion devices by the end of 2020, according to Forbes and Gartner. Many of those IoT devices are vulnerable, because of a significant part of them do not have any user interface. This is leading to issues understanding what kind of data the device collects, manages and use.
Even more - IoT devices are not only collecting valuable user or network data. They are a great entry point for hackers, other cybercriminals or specialized tools to launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. IoT devices are not secure by design, because it could significantly increase design, manufacturing and other expenses.
Advanced phishing kits
Phishing is the try of attempting you to open a malicious email and engaging with them, mostly by clicking the links in it. Phishers are cybercriminals attempting to get your personal and sensitive data through your own device. Every second four-five new malware samples are created. Phishing remains one of the most successful attack vectors due to its speed, as most phishing sites stay online for just four to five hours. Users only report 17% of phishing attacks, and it is seen as a low-risk type of activity. As a result, today only 65% of all URLs are considered trustworthy. This puts a strain on both the consumer and any enterprise with an online presence.
Remote access attacks
Remote attacks are a fast growing type of cybercrimes, as well as becoming more and more sophisticated. One of the main types of remote access attack in 2018 was cryptojacking, which targeted cryptocurrency owners. Another popular type of remote access attacks - threatened perimeter devices. Be aware of this and keep secure your network perimeter.
Attacks via smartphones
You do your banking on your smartphone, right? One of the most growing attack vectors to smartphones are related to unsafe browsing (phishing, spear phishing, malware, ransomware and etc.). More than 60% of fraud online is accomplished through mobile platforms, and 80% of mobile fraud is achieved through mobile apps instead of mobile web browsers.
So, hackers and cybercriminals never sleep. And one and alone trend for 2019 is that amount of cybercrimes will increase drastically. No one will care about your security online, except you.
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