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Security Threats of the Future

Tags : internet, security, anti-virus, spam, web, web 2.0, threats, future, phishing, firewalls
Industry : Internet, IT Products, IT Services
Functional Area : Gadgets, Application Software, Web 2.0 +, Strategy Execution, New Technologies
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Security threats are growing in size, scope and sophistication. Spam, phishing, unlawful entry, espionage, identity theft, financial theft, extortion, and denial of service top the list of cyber crimes that are common today and will be common tomorrow. But in the future, the mechanisms used to carry out such attacks will move away from being primarily PC-centric and will expand into other technologies. Today, the majority of cyber criminals target PC users, but we can expect more attackers to branch out to other areas of technology during the coming years as those technologies become more widely adopted.

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1 Children should be educated about risks of giving bio data online
2 Online bodies should not allow unauthorised portals to work
Mugdha Saxena  |  Supported idea  "Children should be educated about risks of giving bio data online"  |  1 year ago
i totally agree..awareness plays a very important role here.... children must be educated about the risk factors prevailing in the online site.The teachers in schools and colleges as well as parents at home must contribute a little time to see...
Mahalakshmi Subramanium  |  Supported idea  "Children should be educated about risks of giving bio data online"  |  2 years ago
I agree with this idea and what amitesh said , the parents should develop a good communication between their children and should educate them about the risks in online and how to be safe while using it. I believe that no one other than their...
Amitesh Modi  |  Supported idea  "Children should be educated about risks of giving bio data online"  |  2 years ago
Another thing among the mix is Increased communication between kids and the parents. Parents often do not communicate with kids either due to lack of knowledge or the taboo nature of certain issues. Communicating properly how the...
 
 
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1 Internal Threats
2 Social engineering and new technology
Murali Murugesan  |  Added idea  "organized cyber crime"  |  2 years ago
Cybercrime is becoming more organized nowadays. Like technology specialists, new breed of threat specialists are growing like Spamming experts, Virus writers and Hacking specialists   Good example is confetti/Downadup virus which attacked...
Murali Murugesan  |  Added idea  "Internal Threats"  |  2 years ago
The Boom and Recession cycle will create more dissatisfied employees and more internal risk in form of Date breaches, targetted attacks etc.
 
 
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1 Viruses
2 Phishing
V V S SAI RAM  |  Added idea  "V V S Sai Ram"  |  1 year ago
Phishing is an act where there is a financial loss directly as against loss of data on account of viruses.
ATMA RAM CHAVALI  |  Supported idea  "Identity Theft - Biggest Security Threat "  |  1 year ago
Yes,Identity theft is one of the worst security threats. Phising, trojans, spoofing etc are all used mainly to gain access for an identify either it is a personal identify or computer identity. Once the identity is stolen the things will takes...
Ravikumar  |  Supported idea  "Viruses"  |  2 years ago
The viruses a real threat to the web. Due to viruses Our personal information is under risk, even Social websites such as facebook, twitter, orkut etc are real threatened by the viruses and hackers. Even closing of these sites due to DOS attacks...
 
 
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1 Keep the eye on the ball
Leena Pawar  |  Added idea  "Keep the eye on the ball"  |  2 years ago
One of the first things organizations must do to protect themselves and their future is to capture critical information at the point of origin, which can range from the first memo about a new product launch to the moment an idea is invented by...
 
 
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Today, web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are there on almost all computers. Web browsers are used so frequently, so it is very vital to configure them securely...
 
 
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1 Use Linux
2 Dct Virus
SaiGanesh  |  Added idea  "Dct Virus"  |  11 months ago
Always use explore option and show hidden files option to see and delete (shift+del) the unwanted files SaiGanesh
SaiGanesh  |  Added idea  "Dct Virus"  |  11 months ago
Always use explore option and show hidden files option to see and delete (shift+del) the unwanted files SaiGanesh
 
 
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1 Freenet
2 Net Supporting Darknet as "Sub-Domain"
Lokesh Saluja  |  Supported idea  "Net Supporting Darknet as "Sub-Domain""  |  1 year ago
@ Abhay: Thats so very true..as it gives you the immense power from where all malicious stuff breeds and from here originates the porno, the uncensored stuffs, intrusions to your personal lives, free contents violating all legal norms...and the...
Abhay Kumar Thakur  |  Supported idea  "Net Supporting Darknet as "Sub-Domain""  |  1 year ago
Well actually that's pretty much true... We created proxy to hide ourself on net and that samething that we were thinking is going to benefit us is actually turned against us. Just use Multi0Proxy servers HOPS and you can pretty much be...
Nitin M Aras  |  Supported idea  "Freenet "  |  2 years ago
Appreciated Radha..to initiate such a good subject for discussion. There are some more contents which affect the entire system of society and helps in deculturing the society..such as ...nude and rape games online for kids...pornography...sexual...
 
 
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'kithna mushkil hai yeh zindagi kaa safar, mouth aankhe dhikhaathee hai her mod per' If we discuss the threats in future, we are just living in the realm of threats only, individually, the uncertain future, price rise, uncertainty of ruling government, natural calamities like earthquake, floods, diseases, poverty and on total national issues like internal threats like nexalism,  extortion, goondaaism, disparity of cast, creed, regional and linguistic, external threats like terrorism, namakharaam and untamed neighbors all around our country[pakistan, china, bangladesh, to some extent srilanka], inflation and steep raise of population, incapability of  proper governance  of our own elected ru...
 
 
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Trend Micro has recently released a report that exposes the presence of 25,000 Indian email addresses and passwords on different hacker forums. The report states that the 25,000 Indian email addresses and passwords exposed are a mix of email ids and passwords from websites like Yahoo!, Gmail, Sify and a number of corporate email addresses. Read More
Mahalakshmi Subramanium  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
This is really a serious issue. We must be very careful in handling private information through the emails. The email providers must come up with more security for the users.
 
 
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Security is a huge part of the job for most IT administrators. We’re always striving to protect our organizations from the latest barrage of viruses, worms, and other malware. With 2009 over, what types of threats could we face in the year ahead? The recent 2010 Threat Predictions report from McAfee ( News - Alert ) pegs a few different areas to watch out for in 2010.     Social networks will be one key breeding ground for cyber attacks, says McAfee. As sites like Twitter and Facebook ( News - Alert ) continue to grow in popularity, especially among the business crowd, cyber crooks will increasingly employ their usual bag of tricks to try to ensnare users.   A site like Facebook can be espe...
 
 
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