Cyber Defense Magazine Announces CyberCrime and CyberWar Predictions for 2013

Feb. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Today, at the kickoff of the biggest information security show on earth, RSA® Conference 2013, and in parallel with the first annual print-edition launch of Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of our magazine have collaborated on their annual research initiative of predicting the year ahead.   They believe it will be a turning point in Cyber history for explosive growth in both Cybercrime and Cyberwarfare along with major citizen related privacy issues.  Their predictions are:

PREDICTION #1 - MOBILE MALWARE TAKES OVER:  REMOTE EAVESDROPPING, COVERT DATA THEFT, WORMS AND BOTNETS ARE COMING.

PREDICTION #2- ROGUE NATIONS UNLEASH CYBER WEAPONS:  IN RESPONSE TO THE USA AND ISRAEL, OTHERS JOIN THE FIGHT.

PREDICTION #3- BRING YOUR OWN DEVICES OUT OF CONTROL:  MANAGEMENT OF THIS BYOD DILEMMA WILL BE A NIGHTMARE.

PREDICTION #4- CLOUD EXPLOITATION WILL BE FRONT PAGE NEWS:  CLOUD AND “VIRTUAL” COMPUTING VULNERABILITIES EXPLOITED BY CYBER CRIMINALS.

PREDICTION #5- SCADA DOWNTIME WILL AFFECT SOCIETY:  SUCCESSFUL SCADA ATTACKS WILL BRING DOWN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

PREDICTION #6- INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY IS OVER THIS YEAR:  YOUR IDENTITY AND PRIVACY ARE STOLEN, EAVESDROPPED, BOUGHT AND SOLD.

PREDICTION #7- THE UNITED NATIONS ATTEMPTS INTERNET TAKEOVER:  THE U.N. WILL TRY TO CREATE A RULING INTERNET BODY AND NEW LAWS.

“Whether it’s the explosive growth of zero-day malware and advanced persistent threats hitting your smartphones or the battle between rogue nations unleashing cyber weapons or the privacy issues we all face online, it’s going to be one of the most interesting years to be in the INFOSEC industry,” said Pierluigi Paganini, Editor-in-Chief, Cyber Defense Magazine.

For the full details of these predictions, see pages 91-99 of Cyber Defense Magazine.  Print editions are freely available on the rack space at RSA Conference 2013 or signup for an always free online edition:  http://register.cyberdefensemagazine.com.

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Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) is an RSA Conference 2013 media sponsor and the premier source for IT Security information, focused on best practices, new ideas and innovations and next generation INFOSEC companies that are on the cutting edge at solving real problems in INFORMATION SECURITY.  Our publication includes the monthly Cyber Warnings electronic online magazine, available for free and the annual Cyber Defense Magazine publication, also delivered electronically for free to registered members.  If you want a print edition of the publication, there's a reasonable subscription fee, but why not just get the free edition?  No strings attached.  CDM has also established a partnership with the University of Massachuset (UMASS) at Lowell, Massachusetts, USA  to create the Cyber Defense Test Labs (CDTL) which performs independent lab reviews of next generation INFOSEC products for the magazine.  Learn more about us at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/

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