Cyberattacks set a record in 2016 and the threat environment is going to get even more dangerous in 2017. As more data gets stored on mobile devices than ever before, ransomware will continue to gain popularity with cybercriminals. Cybercriminals are eschewing broad, spam-based attacks in favor of a greater number of precision spear phishing ransomware attacks. State-sponsored cyberattacks aren’t going to remain confined to industrial espionage, but state-sponsored attacks arent going to stop with industrial espionage.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3156893/watch-these-top-4-cybersecurity-trends-in-2017.html

