Cyber ​​security 2006: There will be a change in cybercrime

IBM has published the content of the 2005 Global Business Security Index report and makes predictions about potential cyber threats that will likely happen in 2006. IBM forecasts that there will be a transition. Basic translation, also known as a cybercrime, changes from global outbreaks to small, odd, sneaky attacks, and targets specific organizations with items The goal of making a profit.

This report was produced by IBM's Global Security Information Research Group. According to the report, most of the global information technology threat in 2005 only stopped at the average level. Although the Zotob virus has attracted the attention of the whole world, influencing well-known mass media agencies, but in the past year, the world has rarely witnessed global outbreaks. The software is more malware-destroying than previous years.

However, this does not tell the whole story. Crime-based spam, destructive software and IT attacks have become clearer in the past year. In the US and around the world, many dangerous criminals have been arrested. These are organized criminals with an incentive to make money. While software and network systems around the world are becoming more and more secure after a series of improvements, it is predicted that major crimes will focus on the most vulnerable access points. , such as the company's personnel and the organization, to carry out an attack.

According to Cal Slemp, Vice President of IBM's Personal Information and Security Services Division: "The decline in the number of mass attacks in 2005 went against the expectations of the majority of society and IBM believes that the environment has changed, security protection on network systems has been increasingly enhanced and penalties are becoming more severe. We recognize that there are more and more clearly committed and committed organizations engaged in this area, which means that the attacks will shift to more specific goals. and the risk of destruction will be higher, organizations around the world, whether public or private, will have to work together quickly to address these growing challenges. '

The IBM Global Business Security Index report also revealed potential threats in 2006, including:

- Attack from the inside - As software becomes more and more secure, computer users will be a specific target to attack in companies and organizations. Criminals will focus their efforts on persuading users to take the attack instead of wasting time detecting errors in very lengthy software to destroy. Using global resources, cutting jobs, mergers and acquisitions can all contain challenges for companies and organizations when they seek to use these risks.

- Emerging markets - Cybercriminals will take advantage of weaknesses in international links to cybercrime to conduct border-based attacks, so the threat is rooted and aimed at Developing countries and emerging markets will continue to grow. At that point, tracing of attacks will become much more difficult, especially when the trend shows that attacks often originate in areas such as Eastern Europe and Asia, where penalties are not strict and enforcement is limited.

- Blogging - Increasing the use of blogging tools also increases the likelihood of leaking confidential business documents.

- Instant Messaging - Botnets, a collection of software robots that control the system without the owner having to know it, will continue to be one of the biggest threats to the Internet. . New botnets have smaller cells, are more easily disguised, may switch to network instant messaging and peer-to-peer networks to dictate and control infected systems.

- Mobile devices - The destructive software affecting mobile phones, PDAs and other wireless devices has increased significantly in the past year, but has not yet turned into attacks. wide because they cannot spread themselves. Therefore, this trend will continue to be monitored in 2006.

Email transmission has decreased in 2005. Only 1 in 36.15 emails, 2.8% of outgoing emails, contain viruses or Trojans. Compared to 2004, this number has decreased significantly. In 2004, this rate was 6.1%, ie 1 of 16.39 emails.

Phishing - Phishing continues to be a major threat in 2005. In this year, on average, every 304 emails had a phishing email, meanwhile, in 2004, There is a phishing email for every 943 emails.

The Malware Ingenuity - 2005 saw an increase in complex threats and the incorporation of automated features into available destructive software. Mytob, for example, is based on the Mydoom worm and has added automatic features and a number of other enhancements, to create more destructive software. Therefore, after a short time, variations of Mytob have appeared.

IBM's Global Business Security Index is a monthly report that assesses and analyzes potential network security threats based on data and information that IBM collected from 3,000 security experts. Worldwide information security and thousands of control devices as well as strategic security business partners.

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