Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 36 | Page 25

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TRENDING IOT DEVICES IN THE HOME ARE LATEST TARGET FOR CRYPTOJACKING Fortinet’s latest Global Threat Landscape Report reveals cybercriminals are becoming smarter and faster in how they leverage exploits to their advantage. F ortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced the findings of its latest Global Threat Landscape Report. The research reveals cybercriminals are becoming smarter and faster in how they leverage exploits to their advantage. They are also maximising their efforts by targeting an expanding attack surface and by using iterative approaches to software development facilitating the evolution of their attack methodologies. www.intelligentcio.com Phil Quade, Chief Information Security Officer, Fortinet, said: “Cyber-adversaries are relentless. Increasingly, they are automating their tool- sets and creating variations of known exploits. “Of late, they are also more precise in their targeting, relying less on blanket attempts to find exploitable victims. Urgently, organisations must pivot their security strategy to address these tactics. Organisations should leverage automated and integrated defences to address the problems of speed and scale, utilise high- performance behaviour-based detection and “ CYBERCRIMINALS ADDED IOT DEVICES, INCLUDING MEDIA DEVICES IN THE HOME, TO THEIR ARSENALS. INTELLIGENTCIO 25