TRENDING
IoT ATTACKS
AND NEW
EVASION
TECHNIQUES
EMERGING
THREATS
As 2016 approaches, Fortinet, and its
threat research division, FortiGuard
Labs, have made their annual
predictions of the most significant
trends in malware and network
security going into 2016.
A
s in years past, the Internet of
Things (IoT) and cloud play
heavily in the predictions, but
new malicious tactics and strategies will
create unique challenges for vendors
and organisations alike. FortiGuard also
predicts the emergence of increasingly
sophisticated evasion techniques that
will push the boundaries of detection
and forensic investigation as hackers
face increasing pressure from law
enforcement.
New Rules: The Evolving Threat
Landscape in 2016 report is designed
to reveal the new trends and strategies
that FortiGuard researchers anticipate
cyber criminals will employ in the year
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to come. Fortinet researched these
predictions to arm our customers with
the knowledge they need to maintain
their advantage in the cyber security
arms race and proactively change the
way all businesses look at their security
strategies going into the new year.
that target trusted communication
protocols between these devices.
The top cyber security trends for 2016
include:
FortiGuard researchers anticipate that
IoT will become central to “land and
expand” attacks in which hackers will
take advantage of vulnerabilities in
connected consumer devices to get a
foothold within the corporate networks
and hardware to which they connect.
Increased M2M attacks and
propagation between devices
Several troublesome proofs of concept
made headlines in 2015 demonstrating
the vulnerability of IoT devices. In
2016, though, we expect to see further
development of exploits and malware
Worms and viruses designed to
specifically attack IoT devices
While worms and viruses have been
costly and damaging in the past, the
potential for harm when they can
propagate among millions or billions
of devices from wearables to medical
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