In 2017, attackers will continue to exploit humans to install malware, transfer funds, and steal information. The authors predict that in 2017, small will be the new big, as sophisticated threat attackers return to smaller, more targeted campaigns to deliver their malware payloads. Exploit kits will continue their recent trend of operating at smaller scale and shifting geo-targeting to focus on regions where their activities are less likely to be monitored by researchers and vendors. We already saw a similar awakening in 2015 in the email landscape, when social engineering-based attacks replaced PDF and malicious document-driven attacks.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/study-research/2017-security-predictions/