“Data is the new gold, and we expect the trend of cyber threats that target data to continue, accelerate and diversify in 2020. We anticipate that cyber adversaries will respond to cyber defences by spreading their net beyond their typical targets. We expect them to more aggressively seek out weaknesses, such as poorly configured enterprise production servers, to sneak into corporate networks to inflict major cyber damage.
The explosion in mobile devices and the rapid increase in IoT devices present an attractive attack surface for cyber criminals in the nascent Industry 4.0 era. We predict growth in threats that target these devices via sophisticated malware exploiting loopholes, and their users through social engineering. We strongly urge organisations and individuals to steadfastly follow security best practices as a first, and essential, step in staying cybersafe in 2020.”
