Report predicts cybersecurity trends, threats for 2016.

• Position: CYBERSECURITY - Brief article

Intel Security's McAfee Labs report "2016 Threats Predictions" predicts several new methods and trends for cybersecurity in 2016 and beyond, and it offers insight into what will impact organizations in the near future.

It mentions nine specific areas associated with cybersecurity likely to become more prominent in 2016:

1. Hardware-based attacks

2. Ransomware

3. Wearable attacks

4. Employee systems attacks

5. Cloud service attacks

6. Smart car attacks

7. Data warehouse attacks

8. Integrity attacks

9. The sharing of attack information with other victims

According to the research, in 2016, researchers, IT security vendors, and automakers will work together to develop standards, guidance, and solutions for "potential exploit scenarios for connected automobile systems lacking foundational security capabilities or failing to meet best practice security policies." Vulnerable systems include vehicle access system engine control units (ECUs), driver assistance...