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Robot BOT’s
While 2019 was the year that the total number of BOT’s in the world outnumbered the total number of humans, 2027 will see the emergence of BOT’s that control Robots. Using C&C, home users Robots will be targeted first and will be used for energy theft and compromising genetic credentials. This will be followed by corporate attacks where Google Robots will be targeted.
Blue Screen of Death
Concerns over the new embedded McWindows platform are qualified as malicious code attacks cause real “Blue Screens of Death” (BSOD). The code, which can be transferred either through proximity-based worms or through deception engineering runs at ring -1 and can cause users to BSOD instantly. Reboots will not fix the issue.
Machine to Man Virus ( the Toaster Vector)
The continued success of remotely controlled home appliances will continue to be a haven for malicious code authors. Next on the plate (pun intended) are the latest IP 2027 toasters. Not only will viral code be embedded within the toasters themselves, but 2027 will see the first “machine to man” virus transfer where malicious code gets transferred to humans via food enabling devices.
“Dishing” Attacks
Some of us that have been in the industry for sometime remember the “phishing” attacks of 2002 well “Dishing” attacks have arrived. “Dishing” or DNA based Phishing attacks are designed to compromise the end-users DNA. Attackers sell, buy, trade, and barter with DNA within the underground. Unique DNA strains are particularly valuable in the black market.
Route / Traffic Congestion
Internet routing tables will become increasingly targeted by worms which are designed to route traffic to unknown and/or alternative destinations. This will cause major delays in users arriving to scheduled appointments and could cost companies billions in service level agreement costs (SLA’s). This could cause companies to rethink the current uptime guarantees of 88.888% or 5 eights as it is sometimes referred to.
