As regular readers of We Live Security will know, every December the ESET researchers put together their predictions for cybercrime attacks for the coming year. Last year, the emphasis was on
internet privacy, a new assault on Androids, and a new wave of hi-tech malware; most of these issues have indeed appeared in blog posts during 2014. Today we offer a summary of the most important trends for 2015. In a few days, you will be able to download the full paper, with much more information plus numbers and graphs about our predictions: please stay tuned.
Targeted attacks
If there is one lesson we have learned in recent years, it is that targeted attacks are a rising trend, and next year won’t be an exception. Most commonly known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), their main differences from traditional cyber-attacks are target selection, plus silence and duration of attack. First of all, in most of these attacks there is a selected target, as opposed to traditional attacks that use any available corporate targets for their purposes. Secondly, these kinds of attacks try to stay unnoticed for longer periods of time. In this context, it is important to note that the attack vector is often targeted social engineering techniques or 0-day exploits.
