Cyber Security will be dominant theme in 2017

The BBC is reporting that cyber security will be the major theme of 2017 exploiting vulnerabilities in Tech innovations and gullible humans.

…Prof Richard Benham, chairman of the National Cyber Management Centre, gives a dire warning: “A major bank will fail as a result of a cyber-attack in 2017 leading to a loss of confidence and a run on that bank.”…

And the more connected the world becomes – think connected cars, smart homes, sensor-laden cities – the more opportunities for hackers to break into the system and wreak havoc…

… throughout 2017 criminals will continue renting out their ransomware infrastructures – the tools that enable hackers to break in to your system, encrypt all your data, then demand a ransom to decrypt it…

…As well as poorly-secured devices, gullible humans will continue to be targeted, with so-called “business email compromise” fraud continuing to reap rich rewards for criminals, experts predict…

“Cyber criminals are targeting human vulnerabilities,” says Prof Benham. “Millions is being spent on technology, but nothing on awareness training

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