Latest and Trending Cyber Security Trends to Watch In 2019

Cyber Security Trends to Watch In 2019

Biometric hacking, an increase in phishing campaigns and progressive use of artificial intelligence (AI) are among the prime cybersecurity threats to be expected in 2019, as attackers stop at nothing to steal identities and avoid detection through new advanced techniques.

Data protection is no longer just a technology issue—its commercial and political impact is extensive.

This has been quite a year for data breaches, 2018 saw an increase in hidden crypto mining malware and lots of victims continuing to fall for ransomware and other botnet attacks.

While these cyber threats will continue, here are some key security trends to keep a close eye on in the year ahead.

These cybersecurity trends in 2019 are set to impact the enterprise, security professionals and companies of all sizes in the year ahead.

Security Threats in the Coming 5G Era

2019 is expected to be a year of accelerating 5G activity and it will handle biometrics for authentication, devices for medical identity and analytics, wearable technology and much more.

According to experts, growing 5G deployments and adoption will expand the cyber-attacks surface area.

Increased use of 5G IoT devices will enhance vulnerability and will make those devices more exposed to direct attack.

Fake Videos Poses a Bigger Threat in the Coming Year

Nowadays, the social media platform has become the weapon of choice for throwing malicious fake posts around the world.

According to cyber expert’s reports, 2019 will see a new level of malicious posts on social media as fake videos (Video footage of events that never really happened) to mislead the public which further could cause substantial damage to diplomatic relations between countries.  

These highly authentic malicious posts have the potential to give rise to a geopolitical incident if a celebrity or politician is maliciously impersonated.

A Rise of Phishing Scams 

As Phishing Scam attacks grow more frequent and complex, more organizations will be left scrambling for new ways to reduce risk from these dangerous threats.

Phishing techniques like the use of homoglyphs, extended URL, legitimate certifications, and credential-harvesting sites will rise in the year ahead.

In 2019, phishing attack will continue to be used by cyber attackers to get access to organizations networks and their data by exploiting the security vulnerabilities.

Attacks through Biometric Data Hacking

Biometrics is a dominant technology, with the ability to facilitate business processes and enhance security and convenience. however, these advanced features become its major downfall: risk of privacy breach.

2019 is expected to be a year where cybercriminals exposing vulnerabilities in passcodes, hand geometry, voices, personal signatures, and keystroke dynamics, fingerprint sensors, and facial recognition.

While many financial organizations and high tech companies consider these emerging biometric-based solutions to improve security over traditional authentication methods. however, this biometric data will enhance the vulnerability and can be used by the hackers to steal sensitive and private data through exploiting the security loopholes.

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Improved Execution of Existing Threats

In 2018, cyber-attacks and data breaches continued to increase in both frequency and strength, and organizations can expect more of the same in 2019, according to cybersecurity experts.

2019 will see improved social engineering attacks, increases in credential stuffing attacks, and more complex malware with multiple stages and different form factors for transmission will make threats incredibly hard to detect by the antivirus programs.

These are our top security trends and predictions for the coming year ahead. Cyber attackers are expected to come up with more adaptable, resilient and more damaging cyber threats in the year ahead.

Though, we need to comprehensively upgrade our cyber defense systems and processes to more effectively guard against cybersecurity risks, as well as to respond in a timely and robust manner to prevent any intrusion in the future.

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