In 2014, we witnessed the rise of POS malware and ransomware, more targeted, advanced evasion by both cyber crooks and hackers backed by nation states, and government grade malware going mainstream (bolted-on to ransomware and financial Trojans).
So, what can we expect in 2015?
According to SentinelOne, OSX and Linux machines will be targeted way more.
"The massive adoption of Linux in enterprise datacenters and recent uptick in revived variants of Linux malware (i.e. 'cdorked') all indicate that this OS will be targeted in the near future. We view the 'cdorked' attacks as a proof of concept designed to test the resilience of Linux and the security products used to defend it," they pointed out.
"As for Mac OS X, it has experienced a long and slow rise in malware attacks - if we exclude the enormous “Flashback” campaign a few years ago. However, the recent emergence of zero day vulnerabilities combined with the platform’s increasing enterprise market share, especially among executives, leads us to believe this will change in 2015."
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