Criminals and hackers will also search for loopholes in 2017 to penetrate users’ computers or smartphones. They will be more and more professional, as the security experts from Kaspersky predict: there will be attacks that leave less traces and are more difficult to trace back.
Trend towards mobile malicious software
But these are not the only threats that threaten Internet users in 2017. In mid-2014, there were two million pests on mobile devices worldwide. In 2017, their number will be ten times higher: at 20 million, Trend Micro believes. This is mainly due to China, where three of four apps are malware-infected. Most affected are Android applications. In the rest of the world, the danger is not quite as drastic. But that does not mean that users can sit back and relax.
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The number of new variants of Android malware "is likely to be high or even rise," predicts Symantec. "As more and more features such as authentication tokens, business applications, or payment systems are moved to the smartphone, mobile devices will be a major target for hackers in the future." Apple devices are also increasingly targeted by the criminals. "Attacks on iOS will increase," says the Lookout security company.
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Users are blackmailed
The experts saw the first signs already in 2017: The Xcode Ghost malware is a modified version of Apple's official development tool. It infected malware with unsuspecting developers.
The already known dangers remain: data sieves continue to cheat the users of malicious code. This is done, for example, by downloading an espionage app on the mobile phone together with a seemingly meaningful application. Or a mobile program reads sensitive data because it has permissions that it does not need.
Advertisements on the Internet are not only annoying, they can also be dangerous. Marketers and onlineshops want to know as much as possible about the users, in order to play appropriate advertising. The secret "cross-device tracking" across multiple devices, such as smart phones, televisions and computers, has been targeted. While a commercial is running on TV, an ultrasound sound that is inaudible to humans is played. Some apps capture the sound and find out when and who is watching the spot.
The common: The interception technology of the company Silverpush is in apps with completely different functions. Such cross-device tracking will grow significantly in 2017, the security experts of Avira believe. Such "creative" new approaches - that is, even nasty methods that users can not recognize will increase.
Not only do advertisers use ads to spy on customers, but criminals also increasingly rely on "Malvertising" in 2017. A malicious code is spread over advertising banners or advertisements on as many websites as possible. It is already enough to call up a page to start scripts or flash applications from the user.
When the computer is infected, the criminals have easy access to sensitive data such as passwords or bank data. Or they take control of the whole machine. In 2017 there were already many malvertising attacks. In September, data from 500,000 users from 3,000 Japanese websites were stolen. In July, an exploit kit attack was stopped, according to BSI, which alone would have affected 5000 websites in the United States.
It helps to install an adblocker as a plugin in the browser. If more and more users are concerned, malvertising attacks will be less interesting for the criminals. Because there will be less online advertising, because the advertisers will have to look for other ways to reach customers.
In 2017 cyber-criminals are likely to be blackmailing Internet and computer users - because they are "profitable and relatively easy to implement" for perpetrators, according to security company Symantec. The extortionists use "on the web, accessible information such as private photos, information, customer lists, or code to expose their victims," says Kaspersky Lab
They then try to frighten the person concerned and make them pay money. This should affect both users and companies. The procedure is always similar: the computers of those affected are infected with malware, so-called ransomware. This can, for example, lock the computer. Subsequently, the user is prompted to pay money so that his personal data is not lost. A case of this kind already hit the headlines in 2017: criminals extorted customers from US side-jumping portal Ashley Madison: they should pay 225 US dollars, otherwise their partners would be informed about the adultery. Previously, 36 million user data had been captured in a hacking attack.
Dangers caused by networked devices
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The effort is worthwhile for the perpetrators, because apparently enough people shell out money - for fear. With the help of such ransomware, not only Windows users will be attacked next year. According to Kaspersky Lab, Macros, mobile as well as generally Internet-capable devices and companies are increasingly targeted. Ransomware, by the way, help bootable antivirus systems.
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Most people are aware that they must pay attention to their safety in the network. However, as a result of the increasing networking and communication between all possible devices, this becomes more and more difficult, for example in the Smart Home or Wearables (fitness bracelets, smart watches). "Attackers attack targets when they get the opportunity," said Symantec.
Incidents already existed: hackers in the USA and Russia cracked about babyphones. A security expert already succeeded in hacking a smart television, activating the camera and watching the residents on the sofa as early as 2017. In 2017, US computer experts were able to penetrate the infotainment system of a car - from afar, without direct access.
"With the growing number of networked devices, they are also becoming a more and more attractive target for hackers," says Symantec. Over the next five years, the number grows yearly by 67 percent - to two billion networked smart-home or Internet-the-things devices by 2019. To date, however, they have not yet been widely used, and there are no uniform operating systems. Therefore, there should be no extensive attacks on private devices in 2017 - but very small attacks, says the security company. In cases of attacks on networked medical devices or vehicles, even the safety of humans could be threatened. Trend Micro expects that at least once a smart, Internet-capable device has a malfunction - and that a person is harmed, maybe even dies.
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