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What will be the main events that will characterize the Healthcare will be one of the sectors most targeted by cyber
cyber threat landscape in 2015� criminals due to the high value of medical data in the
underground ecosystem. Their value in the hacking
Below there are my predictions for the threat landscape of
underground is becoming greater than stolen credit card
the next 12 months.
data.

The intensification of the operations run by law
Cyber espionage will be the primary threat for governments
enforcement will contribute to significant changes in the
and private organizations
balance between the criminal communities, new groups
Security firms will detect an increasing number of cyber will emerge and there will be a progressive approach of
espionage campaigns targeted both government entities organized crime to cybercrime thanks to the model of
and private firms. Most exposed to the new wave of attacks crime-as-a-service. New operators will join the criminal
will be enterprises working in the high tech industry, and ecosystem, and existing ones will consolidate their illegal
I fear that we will assist with an increase in the number of activities. The economy of an attack will continue to benefit
hacking campaigns originated from the Middle East. the bad actors, which with a limited budged and relatively
modest resources are able to cause extensive damage to the
targeted organizations.
Information warfare arena will be increasingly crowded

Every government is investing huge resources to improve Android will continue a privileged target for cybercriminals
its cyber capabilities, the number of nations that will
develop a new generation of cyber weapons will increase. The number of attacks against mobile platform will

The majority of government is creating special cyber continue to increase also thanks to the rapid evolution of
armies composed of highly skilled hackers who have to hacking tools specifically designed to hit mobile devices.
defend their country from cyber attacks. Cyber warfare is Underground market will provide a new sophisticated
very attractive to small nations because the development solution for fraudsters interested in �mobile scams�, the
of a cyber arsenal is cheaper than any other acquisition of Chinese underground will continue to be the most prolific
conventional weapons. As a consequence, the number of ecosystem for this category of criminals.
state-sponsored attacks will dramatically increase.

The number of cyber attacks against devices of the Internet

The number of cyber attacks against the private industry of Things will rise inexorably
will continue to increase
IoT devices will be targeted mainly by specifically designed
malware that is able to compromise this family of systems.
“Healthcare will be one of
Criminals organization will design new attacking schema
the sectors most targeted by in order to compromise IoT devices on a large scale.

cyber criminals due to the
The possible effects of the surge of cyber attacks on Internet
high value of medical data of Things devices are significant data breaches and the

in the underground sabotage of equipment in which the units operate. IoT
devices are actually deployed worldwide and are easy to
ecosystem” locate, and in many cases present a lack of security

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