Advancement in technology over the years has brought along with it, the ability to do things previously thought of as superhuman. These advancements bring along with them however, cyber threats with capabilities imagined in science fiction movie flicks.
In a blog post by security researchers at Slovakian security firm ESET, Turla a hacker-group, alleged to be affiliated to the Russian government had been instructing malware via spam-like comments under a post on Britney Spears Instagram account.
In the Month of May 2017. A ransomeware attack dubbed ‘wannacry’ infected over 200,000 computers in over 150 countries, crippling the operations of large government agencies and private corporations around the world.
In 2016 alone RiskBased Security, noted that there occurred over four billion breached records; this amounts to 127 breached records per second. Craig Spiezle of Online Trust Alliance noted the cyber landscape has changed dramatically over the last 12 months, and unlike past breaches, which were opportunistic, ongoing Internet user privacy breaches are carried out with precision to target highly confidential and vital information.
Our lives are increasingly being affected by digital activities and policies. Smart cities and the internet of things are not just dystopian predictions but a reality we live today, which is only expected to progress further. There is an urgent need for governments to enact policies that improve technology talent and further cybersecurity otherwise the consequences of lax cyber security policies would be more catastrophic than we could possibly bear.
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