Indeed,
nowadays, we don’t use
technology, we live technology. Be
it the protection against
financial identity theft,
traffic lights, planes, or our smartphones, technology has made its
existence felt everywhere, from home to office to travelling anywhere
around the world. And, with the increasing involvement of this
high-tech science in every field, it’s threats is also getting
worse.
So,
here are certain companies of the world, which needs immediate
attention, as they are most likely to face the cyber threat, this
year ahead.
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Smart Medical Devices
The
great evolution is seen in the health industry. For instance, the
patient’s record is maintained online now and some of the medical
devices are connected to the Internet of things. However, with this
greater advancement, one is unaware of the risk posed by several
criminal activities online.
The
major threat so far that has been affecting this field is Ransomware.
What
it can do: Either it can
prevent the access to the data via certain image/message or it can
encrypt the files or data on your system and sometimes on network
drives, external hard drives, cloud storage drives, and USB drives,
too.
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Crypto Currency
With
the increasing use of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, the hackers are
looking more into it. With the aim to mine digital currencies from
someone’s account, they look for weakness in the security settings
of the system, to gain unauthorized access to a visitor’s computer.
What
it can do: Find pre-existing
bugs in the system and exploit them. Further, install Trojan horse,
providing a hidden-back door for the hackers to enter and play with
the protection against
financial identity theft.
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Automobiles
The
advent of vehicles like connected cars or trucks have given another
chance to the hackers, where they can easily exploit an insecure
system, and modify its information to harm drivers. Besides this, the
connected cars also pose threat to the privacy issues, where an
intruder can easily access and know all about you such as, where you
go, what route you travel mostly, how long you stay at a place, and
likewise many other important and secure information.
With
several ways of hacking, some of the popular names in this list,
which can also attack your manufactured cars, are Key Logging, Cookie
Theft, and DDOS.
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Nation-State Cyber Attacks
The
increasing attack on the military, commercial, or political
data/information of any state government and nation, is a major
threat. Often these sponsored attacks are inexpensive when it comes
to spying or military operations. Moreover, with low risk, this
attack aims to retain the sight of any communication or sensitive
data, which may otherwise be a threat to the security of a nation.
The
major threat produced in this field is via Phishing.
What
it can Do: Send text messages
and emails followed by the use of current known exploits. Besides
this, create an authentic looking websites, from where the criminals
send and steal the personal and financial information by breaking the
protection against financial identity theft.
This
is just a selection of some of the common attacks types. However, it
is important to remember that every other field, which is getting
advanced with the IoT is getting prone to cyber attacks. And,
unfortunately, the lack of cybersecurity professionals is the major
obstacle in combating these threats.
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