There ‘ll be more computer software attacks in 2018 – Kaspersky

In the coming year, there will be an increase in legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, Kaspersky Lab’s Targeted Threat Predictions for 2018, has said.
According to Kaspersky, such attacks would be extremely hard to spot and mitigate.
The computer software company further said that other hard-to-block attacks, such as those involving high-end mobile malware are also set to rise as attackers resort to new tricks to breach increasingly well protected targets.
The annual predictions are prepared by the company’s experts, drawing on the research and experience gained over the course of the year.
The report also noted that there will be more router and modem hacks as attackers try to persistently and stealthy gain access to a network, and could even allow an attacker to hide their trail.
This is even as it observed that the threat is expected to increase in 2018 as some of the world’s most dangerous threat actors start adopting the approach as an alternative to watering hole techniques or because other attempts to break in have failed.
“Supply chain attacks have proven every bit as nightmarish as we had previously theorised. As advanced threat actors continue to gain access to vulnerable development companies, back-dooring of popular or regionally popular software will become an increasingly desirable attack vector. Supply chain attacks will allow attackers to successfully gain access to multiple enterprises in target sectors while flying under the radar of system administrators and security solutions alike,” Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade, Principal Security Researcher, Global Research and Analysis Team said.

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