Firmware attacks, sophisticated ransomware and ID fraud -- cybercrime predictions for 2021

2020 has seen cybercriminals step up their efforts to exploit the surge of people working from home, as well as seeking to exploit news and information about the pandemic. This is a notoriously difficult area to predict, but what do experts think we’ll see happening in 2021? Liviu Arsene, global cybersecurity researcher at Bitdefender expects to see more attacks on firmware, "As competition in the cybercrime world tightens, malware operators will increasingly focus on burying their creations deeper into compromised systems. Attacks against firmware, previously thought of as extremely complex and difficult to achieve, will likely become mainstream in 2021.… [Continue Reading]