FortiGuard Labs reveals 2012 Threat Predictions
Fortinet has revealed FortiGuard Labs' 2012 threat predictions, highlighting eight threats to watch out for next year. FortiGuard predicts that it'll see the first instances of ransomware on a mobile device in the coming year. Worms, malware that is able to quickly propagate from one device to another, have by and large remained absent from the Android operating system, but FortiGuard Labs believes that will change in 2012. Using anonymous fund transferring services, human networks and payment processor safe havens, cybercriminal syndicates have operated with impunity for years. However, FortiGuard Labs believes more people will be tracked and captured in 2012.
In 2011, FortiGuard Labs saw an increase in global collaborative botnet takedowns including Rustock and DNS Changer. Meanwhile, arrests were made against international members of Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivist groups. This crackdown will continue in 2012, and the team believes that much of it will be aided by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) public defense initiative
Moreover, in 2012, FortiGuard predicts new SCADA vulnerabilities will be discovered and exploited with potentially devastating consequences. In 2012, FortiGuard Labs expects to see Crime as a Service (CaaS) leveraged for more strategic and targeted attacks on companies and individuals to include state or corporate sponsorship. FortiGuard also expects to see more examples of "hacktivist" justice meted out throughout 2012 along with a mix of attacks that border or cross the line of justice.
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