Top 10 security predictions for 2013, Govind Rammurthy, MD and CEO, eScan

Another year comes to an end but not without leaving a trail of security issues and concerns. This year also saw a shift in the trend and distribution of malware. The rise in smartphones has essentially turned them into a fundamental objective for cybercriminals, who have started to target these devices at a much larger scale.

Here is my take on what to expect in 2013:

1. Phishing and malware

Phishing e-mails and malware go hand-in-hand. If in the last year, we saw an increase in phishing mails, we also saw a jump in drive-by downloads being presented to the victims via phishing e-mails. 2013 will be no good as the bad-actors have found a very convenient and a fruitful method of serving spam with malware.

Randomly generated domains are being used to a greater effect to avert the static domain based detection, presently being deployed by the anti-virus software. In the coming months, we shall see a rise in the usage of these types of domains for nefarious purposes.

2. Difficult to detect malware

Undetectable Malware – the perfect malware that a hacker can ask for. The method generally revolves around creating millions of mutant variants, which are Read More