With New Year at the door, Women 4 Cyber Montenegro shares with you top cybersecurity trends to keep and eye on in 2024.
- Automotive Hacking
Autonomous or self-driving cars use complicated system that necessitates stringent cybersecurity protocols. With more automated vehicles on the road in, it’s anticipated that taking control of the vehicle or listening in on passengers through microphones could increase.
- Artificial Intelligence’s Potential (AI)
AI is being utilized to create sophisticated malware and attacks that evade the most recent data protection protocols. Threat detection systems powered by artificial intelligence are able to foresee future attacks and promptly alert administrators to data breaches.
- Mobile is the New Target for Hackers
Cybersecurity research in 2024 will centre on a virus or malware that targets smartphones. Our images, financial transactions, emails, and communications are more in risk.
- Cloud is Also Potentially Vulnerable
To prevent data breaches, security measures must be examined and updated frequently as more businesses go to the cloud. Even though cloud services like Google and Microsoft have strong security measures in place, mistakes made by users, malicious viruses, and phishing scams are still a major source of these threats.
- The Internet of Things on a 5G Network
Since 5G architecture is a relatively new technology, it will require a great deal of research to find security vulnerabilities and ensure that the system is protected from outside attack. There could be a myriad of network attacks that we are absolutely unaware of at every stage of the 5G network. Manufacturers need to exercise great caution when developing sophisticated 5G hardware and software in order to avoid data leaks.
- Data breaches
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force since May 25, 2018, and it provides legal framework for securing personal data. Everyone shall be aware that hackers might exploit any small flaw or fault in your system browser or software to gain access to personal information.
- Integration and Automation
Automation is used to provide more sophisticated data management. The complexity cybersecurity measures should be adequate and proportional to complexity
to the more complex application, the more challenging to protect, necessitating the inclusion of automation and cyber security as fundamental concepts in the software development process.
- Targeted ransomware
As industries more rely on specialized software to run their daily operations, the ransomware and other malware becomes more specific. Example is Wanna Cry ransomware which assaulted NHS hospitals in England and Scotland, which infected over 70,000 medical equipment.
- State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare
This year there will be over 70 elections, which means there will likely be greater criminal activity. Political and industrial secrets, together with high-profile data breaches, are expected to be the top cybersecurity themes in 2024.
- Insider Threats
In this year companies should ensure that their staff are aware of the need to secure data in every way possible. Namely, statistic shows that 34% of all attacks were either directly or indirectly the result of employee actions, according to a Verizon research based on a data breach that offers strategic insights on cybersecurity trends.
Be secure in 2024, Women 4 Cyber Team Montenegro.