Report Firm predicts 2014's "most dangerous" malware trends

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As 2013 comes to a close, an anti-fraud company has begun warning enterprises about the most treacherous malware threats that are likely to strike in the coming year.

On Thursday, Trusteer, an IBM company, published its predictions on the five “most dangerous malware trends” practitioners and end-users should be aware of in 2014.

Threats that made the list were: source code leaks, which continue to hasten malware release cycles; saboteurs using “old school” techniques to bypass newer detection technologies; and the increased use of malware utilizing evasion tactics to stay off researchers' radars.

In addition, Trusteer predicted that fraudsters leveraging account takeovers via victims' devices, as opposed to from their own machines, should be top of mind. Notably, the firm also said that the use of mobile SMS-forwarding malware would become ubiquitous in 2014.

“The capability to forward mobile SMS messages will be a standard feature in virtually all major malware families with standalone SMS forwarding malware readily available,” an infographic highlighting the findings said.

“Mobile SMS verification is rendered all but useless as an out-of-band authentication method. Furthermore, enterprises must be wary of the real potential for SMS communication compromise with the increasing popularity of BYOD,” the firm advised.

 
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