Cyber Security Outlook for 2016

As we enter the New Year cyber security experts have weighed-in on what to expect in 2016. With millions of active daily users across various popular social media platforms and many of those managing corporate accounts, social media provides the perfect opening for a targeted attack.

 In 2016, we can expect to see an increase in phishing and spear phishing attacks that leverage information found on social media, particularly with major events like the presidential election drumming up unusually high social media activity and making social networking platforms like Facebook a goldmine of personal information and a hotbed for cybercrime. Phishing attacks and targeted information borne threats will continue to grow, as cyber-criminals look to find more sophisticated ways to get to their end goal. Malware will be more frequently delivered from "trusted" servers which have been compromised. Criminals, nations, and anyone else seeking to hack will continue to exploit social engineering as a primary means of digital "breaking and entering." new and more sophisticated implementations of ransomware and wiper attacks, both of which can wreak havoc on a company, taking critical systems offline and halting operations.  This is but a small sample of cyber security expert predictions for the year ahead. So what do you expect for your organization and personal cybercrime? Share your thoughts with the Cloud and Cyber Security Center.