Cyber-espionage and attacks on connected devices are expected to surge in 2015, according to McAfee Labs’ annual threats predictions report for the coming new year. Cyber-warfare has been batted around everywhere from IT circles to popular culture, almost reaching a fever pitch recently surrounding suspicion and reports regarding the breach at Sony Pictures. Nevertheless, cyber-warfare is expected to become a regular tactic – especially for “small nation states and terror groups” – in 2015, with a focus on gathering valuable intel on both high-profile people and intellectual property as well as operational intelligence. Researchers explained: They will attack by launching crippling distributed denial of service attacks or using malware that wipes the master boot record to destroy their enemies’ networks. At the same time, long-term cyber espionage players will implement better methods to remain hidden on a victim’s network, using better and more sophisticated stealth technologies and other means to remain below the operating system and out of sight. On a more tangible level for everyday Internet users, the Intel Security brand outlined a number of other security threats expected to dominate soon, many of which are expected to affect – if not hamper – the growth of the Internet-of-Things… Read full this story
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