Perceived security threats for 2013

Indicated expectations McAfee Labs to protect that 2013 will see a marked increase in cyber attacks and piracy in order to get money, and that piracy in order to fight and defend freedom of expression will rise, but the organization Maioush will begin to decrease.It is expected that develops pirates themselves and polish their skills and start using modern tools not to steal money and credit cards, but to take advantage of the personal data as well.

Threats of mobile phones:
Expected to evolve viruses that infect smartphones and tablet computers, will reach the devices by malicious applications. The near-term communication technology « NFC » that can be exploited during the use of electronic payment, and these attacks will focus on areas with high population density, including airports and shopping malls.
Spread extort money among the public:
McAfee expects the high crime of theft of money through mobile technology among the public, allowing anyone who does not have advanced programming skills to develop his own way to extort money from the general public, particularly through the Windows platform.
Attacks focused on new platforms:
The report indicates that there is a rapid development will happen in ways to exploit all of the Microsoft operating system Windows 8, and platform « HTML 5″ for the development of web pages. The company warned that the official updates for Windows 8 will not necessarily be enough to avoid attacks.
An increase in large-scale attacks:
These attacks are used typically to hit the infrastructure and not for the purpose of financial gain, and will evolve through 2013, according to the report said. These attacks are used to steal intellectual property rights at the very simplest, it can also be a large-scale destruction of software companies is complete.
Continued spam:
Will continue unwanted electronic messages on the Internet in 2013 using specific addresses, and are often used for marketing the products of companies within the e-mail addresses of potential customers.
Piracy as a service:
Expected to rise paid Services piracy, which is a leading e-commerce, and report points to continued non-disclosure of the identity of the applicant.
Decline Maioush with a rise in piracy on the basis of extremism:
McAfee says that the lack of structure and organization of collective of Maioush Organization has a negative impact on its reputation, and piracy for the purpose of entertainment and political ideas will reduce the success and fame of this organization. But on the other hand, the piracy on the foundations of religious and extremist political and military will see a rise in the next year.
Noteworthy that McAfee was founded in 1987 and named after its founder John McAfee, based in Santa Clara, California-based company.