{"id":5821,"date":"2017-01-04T07:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2017-09-24T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T14:36:15","slug":"kaspersky-predictions-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kaspersky-predictions-2017\/5821\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 results, 2017 predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a tradition, at the end of the year our GReAT cybersecurity experts publish their predictions for the upcoming year. Let\u2019s see which of\u00a0last year\u2019s predictions<\/a>\u00a0came true and then try to look into the future and see what awaits us in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Predictions that came true<\/h2>\n

User security<\/h3>\n

As predicted by GReAT last year,\u00a0ransomware<\/b>\u00a0of all kinds proliferated throughout the year. For example, 2016 was the year when notorious threats like\u00a0Petya<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CryptXXX<\/a>\u00a0first saw the light of day. Also fulfilling the forecast, an\u00a0cryptor for mac OS<\/a>\u00a0appeared back in the spring.<\/p>\n

All in all, the number of ransomware samples and attacks grew significantly. However, we did a better job fighting them: In 2016, the\u00a0No More Ransom<\/a>\u00a0project was born. It collected a lot of free decryptors under one roof and united a number security vendors and governments under its banners.<\/p>\n

We predicted blackmail on greater scale, as well. In fact, the instances were not many, yet the number of\u00a0exposed user credentials<\/b>\u00a0was higher than ever before.\u00a0Dropbox<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Yahoo<\/a>\u00a0and many other services were compromised. In many cases, they had actually been compromised years before, yet the breaches became apparent only last year. 2016 can be legitimately considered the Year of the Breach.<\/p>\n

Smart car hacks<\/b>, as predicted, slowly gained speed in 2016. That unfortunate\u00a0Jeep was hacked again<\/a>, and so was the\u00a0Tesla Model S<\/a>, the smartest of smart cars.<\/p>\n

Corporate security<\/h3>\n

Fewer specialized and customized malware programs were used for targeted campaigns, as we predicted. But adversaries increasingly use legitimate software as part of a malware campaign and resort to a malware-as-a-service approach.<\/p>\n

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What's in store for IT security in 2017? @Securelist<\/a> take a look inside their crystal ball https:\/\/t.co\/QlPDvIM8wY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Tdamq8hFpK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) November 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n