Top 5 Cyber Threats To Watch For In 2026

Описание: 1. Evil AI, this includes more realistic deep fakes, malicious AI used by cyber criminals, and attacks on AI platforms like ChatGPT and others.

2. Misinformation 2.0, this means we will see a significant increase in misinformation as a direct result of AI. This will likely include misinformation regarding elections, News Stories, and an increase of misinformation overall on social media.

3. Enhanced cyber attacks, meaning the creation of more realistic social engineering attacks and harder to detect and stop sophisticated attacks.

4. Increased attacks on smart home devices (IOT) like home cameras, doorbells, and smart TVs. Hackers will add these to massive botnets full of compromised devices to execute more sophisticated attacks.

5. Massive data breaches, if we have learned anything its that data breaches are only happening more frequently and impacting millions.

If you want to be prepared and protect yourself from these cyber threats do the following:

Keep all devices updated

Use strong passwords + Enable MFA

Place a freezer on your credit to protect against identity theft as a direct result of data breaches

Verify what you see online and social media to prevent the spread of misinformation

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