Security executives and industry analysts weigh in on what they think were the biggest threats in 2013. DDoS attacks continue to become more sophisticated, and that includes advancements in increasing the bandwidth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Phishing attacks have gained a much higher level of sophistication, says John South, CSO at Heartland Payment Systems. The proliferation of e-commerce and mobile applications has enabled many companies to have greater connectivity with clients. The number of account takeovers from seemingly trusted parties is on the rise, says Michael Cox.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134216/the-top-8-security-threats-of-2013.html