Privacy, Data Theft Top Cyber-Security Issues in 2012
Wednesday, 04 January 2012, 01:19 IST
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BANGALORE: Privacy and data theft will be the top security issues that organisations need to focus on in the new year, according to PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of cloud security firm Panda Security. Cyber-espionage and social networking attacks aimed at companies and government agencies will be the predominant threat to safeguard against in 2012, it said in a statement. "Cyber-espionage and social networking attacks will be the trends to watch, together with other, more traditional threats," the company said. According to PandaLabs Technical Director Luis Corrons, "We live in a world where all information is in digital form, so modern-day spies no longer need to infiltrate a building to steal information." "As long as they have the necessary computer skills, they can wreak havoc and access the best-kept secrets of organisations without ever leaving their living-rooms," he added. In the case of home users, cyber-criminals would continue to target social media sites to steal personal data. Social engineering techniques exploiting users' weaknesses have become the leading attack method for hackers, it said. "Social networking sites provide a space where users feel safe as they interact with friends and family. The problem is that attackers are creating worms that take advantage of that false sense of security to spread their creations and it is really easy for them to trick users with generic messages like "Look, you're on this video" for example," Corrons said. "Sometimes, curiosity can be our own worst enemy," he explained.
Source: PTI
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