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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cMaybe we have come to the worst-care scenarios. Cyberterrorism, cybercrime<\/a>, nation-state attacks. These are all happening. I think that\u2019s the end of the story. I think we\u2019ve explored the universe of cyber threats,\u201d said Eugene Kaspersky<\/a>, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, speaking on a panel at the Kaspersky Cyber-Security Summit in New York on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe next thing will be the attacks that continue to follow from these threats.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the many threats facing consumers right now, of course, is cybercrime, the everyday theft and money laundering that has become almost mundane. It is simply a fact of life on the Internet. Just as there are real-world criminals looking to take advantage of vulnerable people, there are millions of cybercriminals looking to do the same online. The difficult part isn\u2019t determining who is vulnerable to attackers, it\u2019s figuring out who isn\u2019t<\/em>at risk.<\/p>\n Some of the targets that are near the top of the list for attackers these days are large utilities, transportation companies and financial companies. Those may not seem like things that should concern normal users, but any significant attack on one of those targets could have major ramifications for millions of people.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t think about our tremendous dependencies on transportation,\u201d said Howard Schmidt<\/a>, former White House cybersecurity coordinator, who joined Kaspersky on the panel. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t take much. If the ticketing system [for an airline] goes down, people can\u2019t get their tickets, they can\u2019t board the planes and then the planes can\u2019t pull away from the gate. So there\u2019s nowhere for the incoming aircraft to go, so they start stacking up. Within an hour, they have to start diverting traffic to other airports.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n