The frequency and complexity of cyberthreats will increase this year, according to a report released by cybersecurity firm Mandiant.
Here are 14 other cybersecurity predictions for the year, according to the report:
- Ransomware attacks will increase, and hackers will expand their tactics.
- Conflicts will increase among the multiple hackers usually involved in ransomware attacks.
- Organizations will get caught between the demands of hackers and the U.S. government.
- Operational technology will face more ransomware threats.
- The public will be made aware of more breaches in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region.
- Russia-based hackers will remain a major ransomware threat.
- China-based hackers will remain a major ransomware threat.
- Iran-based hackers will deploy more aggressive threats.
- North Korea-based hackers will take more risks.
- Unrest in Afghanistan will lead to more cyber espionage and information operations.
- Hackers will scale up their use of deep fakes to bypass multifactor authentication.
- Cyber outsourcing will increase cyberthreats.
- The cloud and third parties will create new vulnerabilities.
- The growth of Internet of Things devices will lead to new vulnerabilities and cyberattacks.