2017 has been the year of ransomware. The global reach of WannaCry had a devastating impact. It’s presence in news outlets around the world made it so that companies and home users everywhere finally began to pay attention to the importance of cybersecurity.
While we will continue to see more ransomware attacks and other threats that use malware in 2018, our prediction is that malwareless attacks will gain momentum next year. We have already seen a few cases this year, but next year malwareless attacks will cement itself as a definitive trend to watch out for.
