2017 TECH TRENDS SPECIAL attacks : Kaspersky Lab expects to see the ‘ commodification ’ of attacks along the lines of the 2016 SWIFT heists in 2016 – with specialised resources being offered for sale in underground forums or through as-a-service schemes .

• The compromise of payment systems : As payment systems become increasingly popular and common , Kaspersky Lab expected to see this matched by a greater criminal interest .

• The breakdown of ‘ trust ’ in ransomware : Kaspersky Lab also anticipates the continuing rise of ransomware , but with the unlikely trust relationship between the victim and their attacker – based on the assumption that payment will result in the return of data – damaged as a lesser grade of criminal decides to enter the space . This could be the turning point in people being prepared to pay up .

• Device integrity in an overcrowded Internet : As IoT-device manufacturers continue to pump out unsecured devices that cause widescale problems , there is a risk that vigilante hackers could take matters into their own hands and disable as many devices as possible .

• The criminal appeal of digital advertising : Over the next year , we will see the kind of tracking and targeting tools increasingly used in advertising being used to monitor alleged activists and dissidents . Similarly , ad networks – which provide excellent target profiling through a combination of IPs , browser fingerprinting , browsing interest and login selectivity – will be used by advanced cyber espionage actors keen to precisely hit targets while protecting their latest toolkits .

The full text of the report “ Kaspersky Lab Threat Predictions for 2017 ” is available on Securelist .

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