Like death and taxes, there are only two safe predictions about cybersecurity in 2018: There will be more spectacular data breaches and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect on May 25. This isn't a very risky prediction; Congress is currently incapable of passing even uncontroversial laws, and any IoT regulation faces powerful industry lobbies that are fundamentally opposed to government involvement. The regulation has provisions on security as well as privacy, but it remains to be seen how they will be enforced. If Europe starts enforcing Internet security regulations with penalties that make a difference, we might start seeing IoT security improve. Attackers will deploy armies of bots to propagate the false narratives used to weaponize malicious fake news, inflate partisan debates, and undermine democratic institutions; meanwhile, they will launch multi-vector DDoS, ransomware, and malware campaigns to impede critical infrastructure cybersecurity and national security.

Source: Forbes November 27, 2017 02:03 UTC