Friday, November 22, 2013

From Websense - 8 Security Predictions for 2014

From Websense - 8 Security Predictions for 2014 These guys tend to be pretty accurate in their predictions. 

What I find interesting is item #2, "A major data destruction attack will happen". This is something new. Generally attackers like to be stealthy, hiding their tracks to avoid discovery, and interested in stealing data not detroying it. 

My guess is this would be used to create a new revenue stream for the attacker(s). Steal the PII or intellectual property (IP) then destroy it. This would allow for the data to be sold on the black market (Dark Web) and then ransomed back to the victim, i.e. pay me and I'll return your data.

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