![]() While your computer or laptop is updated quite frequently, these smart devices almost never receive updates that would patch vulnerabilities and just keep them up-to-date. The Internet of Things (IoT) connects devices to the internet so that they can become “smart” and can serve us and our laziness better. Why? Because bluntly said, your fridge could be an accomplice in the next DDoS attack. But in 2016 it went from niche topic that is relevant for IT-specialists to a topic relevant for everybody. DDoS Attacks and the Vulnerable Internet of ThingsĭDoS attacks have been around for a longer time. Additionally, one can never know who will control the instruments we build now in five or ten years.” 3. To weaken encryption to catch single criminals, is going to cost us all. “Strong encryption is essential for our lives and our work in the 21st century. Robert Freudenreich, co-founder of Boxcryptor says: But these discussions are not over and will, in the current heated political situation, very likely become a topic in 2017, too. There is no special FBI backdoor in their iPhone encryption. Because, the security we gain on the back of privacy is a false one.Īpple won, for now. Sorry, it does not work that way and we hope that this discussion will take a more positive turn in 2017. They want it for themselves but not for others. The FBI, for example, needs and wants proper encryption to be able to operate the way they do. It is almost funny that the leaders demanding a weakening of encryption are using it themselves. However, we are of the opinion that security and privacy have to go hand in hand and probably every IT specialist in the world is agreeing with us.įor example, encryption is crucial to the functioning of the digitalized industry 4.0 and for stable democracies to work. What is more important, security, or privacy? Well, there have been many incidents where for the sake of security, privacy has been sacrificed. Thanks to this debate, everybody, even those who do not work in the IT sector and are security conscious, heard about encryption. The Encryption DebateĪround the same time of the year a hot debate flared up between two greatly influential players in the US: Apple and the FBI. Combine that with a careful attitude towards files from the internet, and you should never have to worry about ransomware again.” 2. The latter allows you to revert any changes made by a virus. “With ransomware, there’s nothing that beats backups – either on a separate disk or encrypted in the cloud. With the threat of ransomware around us, it is much more important to adopt responsible behavior online.Ĭhristian Olbrich, software developer at Boxcryptor since 2012, says: Later in the year, one of our developers dissected the code and functionalities of one type of ransomware. We covered this phenomenon in February, when it all started and some hospitals have been taken ransom. It is a deviously smart business model for ruthless cyber criminals. Many see a connection there between the rise of the digital currency bitcoin and ransomware.īitcoin is now the preferred payment method of most ransomware infections because it allows users to send and receive money from anywhere in the world, often anonymously. Source: Google Trends ( This Google Trends chart shows how big of a thing ransomware became in 2016 compared to the previous four years. What kept IT and security specialists busy in the beginning of the last year? Right, ransomware and encryption in general. Since it is really hard to decide what was most important or impactful, we will go through the year chronologically. They will provide advice and insights on how they deal with the challenges of cyber security and how they would assess these incidents. Each incident will be commented by one of our developers. I want to discuss which cyber security incidents will still have an impact in 2017 and what we can do better this year, as individuals as well as an organization or company.įor that I asked the whole Boxcryptor team for help. If we forget about our recent history and past events, we will repeat mistakes instead of learning from them. The worst things in life happen when people do not learn from the past. A lot has happened in the IT-security world last year and I would like to take a look back at 2016 from our perspective. The beginning of the year of 2017 brings us into a reflective mood. ![]() Review – How Cyber Security Events in 2016 Will Affect 2017
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