ESET predictions and trends for cybercrime in 2016

It’s that time of the year when the information security industry takes part in its annual tradition: coming up with cybercrime predictions and trends for the next 12 months. These lists usually range from the mundane to the bizarre, to the lighthearted and the dire (perhaps depending on the predictors’ consumption of eggnog and/or dystopian sci-fi media). Many have about as much accuracy as one might expect of people who are experts but not psychics. Still, you never know.

As regular readers of We Live Security will know, every December the ESET researchers put together their own predictions and trends for the coming year. In 2014, the emphasis was on APTs (advanced persistent threats) and attacks targeting the corporate world. This year, we’ll be offering a deeper analysis on a variety of topics such as IoT, ransomware, crimeware, haxposure, Windows 10, and critical infrastructure among others.

ESET predictions and trends for cybercrime in 2016