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Top 10 Security Threats of 2012 – Industry News Wrap-Up – ActivIdentity Blog

Feb 3, 2012 11:13am | 0 Comment

This week’s industry news wrap-up will focus on ten of the top security trends to watch this year, as well as the latest cyber attacks to make headlines.

10 Security Trends To Watch In 2012
From spear-phishing to botnets to mobile to social networking, 2012 is predicted to be anything but quiet on the security front. InformationWeek’s Mathew J. Schwartz has compiled ten security trends that companies should be on the lookout for – noting that many won’t be a matter of “if,” but “when.”

Cybercrime Gang Stole $5 Million in 72 Hours
South Africa's National Intelligence Agency and police force have launched an investigation after a cybercrime gang recently stole more than $5 million from a government bank, during a 72-hour span. According to MSNBC.com’s Matt Liebowitz, after gaining access to the bank’s network “the cybercrooks increased the withdrawal limits for their new accounts and then, for 72 hours starting at 9:00 a.m. on Jan. 1, made massive withdrawals from ATMs across the country. By the time the holiday break was over, so was the robbery.”

Anonymous to Hack Sony on Monday
SC Magazine’s Darren Pauli reported that hacktivist group Anonymous plans to “wage war” on Sony next week to punish the organization for supporting the highly controversial SOPA Act. He writes that hackers plan to load Sony.com’s homepage with BitTorrent files that allow users to download copyright-protected music and movies -- the very action SOPA is designed to prevent. Additionally, the group is expected to target Sony’s online music store – making song prices free.

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