2015 Threats Predictions by McAfee Labs’ report
December 9, 2014
With hackers becoming increasingly proficient at their trade, a number of entities – from healthcare industries to average homeowners – will be more vulnerable to invasions of privacy in the coming year.
Next year, hackers will be better equipped to launch “crippling distributed denial of service attacks” on unsuspecting users, while, at the same time, employing “sophisticated stealth technologies” to remain below the radar of malware hunters, according to a sobering 2015 Threats Predictions by McAfee Labs’ researchers.
The report paid special attention to the health care industry as an especially vulnerable area. “With the increasing proliferation of healthcare IoT devices and their use in hospitals, the threat of the loss of information contained on those devices becomes increasingly likely,” the report said.
The report warned of an uptick in the number of small nations and terror organizations attempting to “attack by launching crippling distributed denial of service attacks or using malware that wipes the master boot record to destroy their enemies’ networks”. Closer to home, hackers will expand their expertise on so-called “ransomware,” which blocks victims from accessing files until they agree to pay a ransom to recover it. This may also include ransoms demanded on photographs and videos accessed from mobile phones.
In a particularly worrying quote from the report, McAfee predicts “a major attack” directly connected to vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which include “appliances, automobiles, home automation, and even light bulbs”.
Evenimente
MOSCOW – ARMY 2018
The exposition of the Russian Army-2018 international military and technical forum will showcase about 600 pieces of armament, military and special hardware, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
International military-technical forum «ARMY» is organized and fully supported by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and combines the exhibition and dynamic demonstration of military equipment capabilities with extensive congress program and strong participation of international audience represented by foreign exhibitors, delegations and visitors. In just three years, the event has turned into the world’s leading exhibition of arms and military equipment, the authoritative platform for discussing innovative ideas and developments for the armed forces.
Adress: Patriot ExpoCenter, Moscow, Times: 21 – 26 August 2018, 9.00 – 17.00
PARIS – EUROSATORY 2018
Eurosatory – the international land and airland Defence and Security exhibition, takes place every two years in order to gather the whole offer and demand of the domains. It was created in its original form in 1967 and has never stopped evolving. Attendees’ number always increased, visitors as well as exhibitors.
Adress: Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte, Hall 6 – 5A et 5B
Times: Monday 11th to Thursday 14th of June 2018; 9:00 – 17:00, Friday 15th of June 2018; 9:00 – 16:00
DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA (DSA) 2018
DSA is the most important defense and security exhibition in the Asian Region. The edition 2018 of DSA will take place from 16 to 19 April, 2018 in the new Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Center MITEC. DSA exhibition it’s more than 1,000 companies from the global defence and security sector from more than 50 countries and regions. More than 26 International Pavilions are expected to participate to engage with more than 300 VIP Delegations from more than 44 countries.
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