Shannon Morse

Biggest security threats of the year? (Patreon)

Published:

2016-01-11 21:33:17

Imported:

2022-07

Content

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/the-biggest-security-threats-well-face-in-2016/

What do you think will be the biggest security threats of the year? It's tough to tell - we still have to many issues with social engineering and phishing use to breach large companies - any of these could be the deciding factor for the biggest hack of 2016.

-Shannon

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The Biggest Security Threats We'll Face in 2016

Hackers are nothing if not persistent. Where others see obstacles and quit, hackers brute-force their way through barriers or find ways to game or bypass them. And they'll patiently invest weeks and months devising new methods to do so. There's no Moore's Law for hacking innovation, but anyone who follows cybersecurity knows that techniques get bolder and more sophisticated each year.