MIT Technology Review January 4, 2019
According to experts in the field we going to see more mega-breaches and ransomware attacks in 2019. Besides planning to deal with established risks, like threats to web-connected consumer devices and critical infrastructure, cyber-defenders should be paying attention to new threats, too. Here are some that should be on watch lists: Exploiting AI-generated fake video and audio, Poisoning AI defenses, hacking smart contracts, Breaking encryption using quantum computers, Attacking from the computing cloud. A recent report by NAS from a group of US quantum experts urges organizations to start adopting new and forthcoming kinds of encryption algorithms that can withstand a quantum attack. NIST and other organizations are working on standards for post-quantum cryptography to make this process easier…read more.