This year, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, social and business routines have changed significantly, as has the threat landscape. Cybercriminals are constantly on the prowl and this global pandemic scenario is even more attractive. As society continues to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, global political conflicts, and general financial insecurity, we anticipate that many of these attacks will play on fears about the pandemic, politics, and the economy. That is why you must take into account and be aware of the news and so we will see these predictions that were given for this year.
Predictions for this year – 2021
▸P2P fraud affecting banks: An increase in payment fraud among individuals is expected to occur, due to the increased use of transaction channels, such as the popular Zelle, whereby scammers will be able to send money from a stolen account.
▸Artificial intelligence will be exploited by scammers: This year 2021, attackers will take advantage of algorithms to launch massive phishing campaigns that will target end users, after having analyzed their habits and interests on different online platforms and with this information they will be able to attract and engage users of more effective way.
▸Continuous use of fear of Covid-19: It is taken into consideration that this year criminals will continue with targeted cyberattacks, taking advantage of the confusion and fear that people have with this virus, to launch phishing and malware email attacks.
▸Phishing will be a persistent problem: This method is said to be the most popular for cyberattacks as it is effective and allows scammers to reach a wide network. Their offensives will become more sophisticated and will especially target users through coronavirus-related scams. In fact, geo-targeted emails with malicious URLs are already being seen and this is likely to increase.
▸Smart Devices: While smart devices have many useful capabilities, society is beginning to realize that giving corporations so much information about personal life is unhealthy. We hope to see the market start to back down against the collection of personal data.
▸Cloud Hosting Providers Finally Crack Down On Cyber Abuse: It is believed that these cloud hosting providers will begin to crack down on phishing and other scams by implementing automated tools and validating files that detect spoofed authentication portals.
