[liberationtech] Geopolitical Tensions Account for Growing Risk of Cyberattacks, Report Says

[Yosem Companys]

China and Russia alone accounted for 47 percent of cyber-attacks throughout
2019, suggesting that geopolitical tensions are increasing the risks of an
attack
<https://www.securityweek.com/geopolitical-tensions-fuel-worsening-cyberattack-scenario>,
the latest "VMware Carbon Black Global Incident Response Threat Report
<https://cdn.www.carbonblack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/VMware_CarbonBlack_GIRTR_November_2019.pdf>"
has found, *SecurityWeek* reports. Attacks from Iran are also increasing,
and so are attacks from America, due to an “undercurrent of
disillusionment” that finds expression in cyberspace. U.S. attacks may
continue to grow, as skilled graduates who cannot find employment seek
other outlets, in the pattern that has become apparent in Brazil. The 2020
U.S. Presidential elections offer opportunities for hackers. State voter
database dumps are already available for sale on the dark web, and in the
future, criminals may sell not only the data, but access to the system
where they got data, allowing politically motivated actors to manipulate
details and disenfranchise voters. The use of destructive malware is
growing, and criminals are pioneering a new form of island hopping that
employs reverse business email compromise, in which “your brand will be
used to attack your customers.” Separately, the *Wall Street Journal
*identified
more than a dozen U.S. utilities that were targets
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/utilities-targeted-in-cyberattacks-identified-11574611200>
in
a recent wave of cyberattacks that might be ongoing.
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