The most targeted targets by hackers? According to Darktrace, they are IoT, cloud and SaaS
Half a trillion dollars … $ 500 billion. It is the monstrous figure that according to Darktrace was spent in 2017 alone to remedy the damage done by computer threats not detected by traditional antivirus.
Traditional systems are no longer sufficient to curb new cyber threats. The proliferation of the Internet of Things, cloud and SaaS has revolutionized the way of working of many realities for the better but has brought new challenges in the field of Cyber Security.
According to Darktrace, a company that implements security solutions based on AI and machine learning, the first difficulty consists in identifying all those devices that belong to the network and can be a gateway for possible hackers.
The Darktrace system scans revealed that 15% of the IoT devices discovered by their AI were not known to the customers who had installed them. We talk about video cameras, parking meters, smart lockers … ” unknown ” objects to corporate security managers, not visible to the tools, and all suffering from some vulnerabilities that hackers have exploited to gain access to the network.
This type of attacks has doubled in the last year, and it is assumed that the situation will become even more serious in the coming years, with the further spread of these technologies.
Darktrace warns of Cloud and SaaS attacks
Parallel to the spread of IoT objects, the number of cloud and SaaS services used by companies is also increasing. The advantages in terms of economic savings, flexibility and scalability are enormous but cyber security policies are not always adjusted after their adoption, thus exposing themselves to considerable risks.
In 2018, Darktrace was able to detect an increase in attacks on these services by 28%, a value destined to increase dramatically in the coming years: by 2020, it is estimated that over 80% of business data traffic will travel to the cloud.
” The blind spots introduced by the spread of IoT devices and cloud services – as well as the difficulty of protecting the network perimeter in light of the vulnerabilities that these technologies introduce – will undoubtedly represent one of the most significant security challenges of 2019 ” – he commented Max Heinemeyer, Director of Threat Hunting by Darktrace – ” And as we begin to truly encounter AI-based attacks, ensuring the security of non-traditional IT will necessarily imply the ability to overcome traditional IT defenses. “
