In early 2016, we shared our predictions of key security threats likely to hit us this year. As predicted, cyber espionage, ransomware, insider threats, IoT device attacks and attacks on industrial control systems (ICS) all increased in 2016. A number of other targets remain in the line of hackers” fire, with both financial gain and personal notoriety being key drivers of malicious activity.
Source: From Forecast to Fact: The Top Security Threats and Targets of 2016 | Tech Zone 360