There is no shortage of strategies employed by cybercriminals to extract sensitive information from targets, and the game is always changing. For the legal industry, the prospective impact of successful attacks is two-fold; attacks directly executed on law firms and legal departments can theoretically poach information on the operation of a company or clients. Additionally, increasing customer sensitivity on the responsible management of litigation concerning cybersecurity events has also continued to be an area of focus for legal.
Intel Security’s McAfee Labs Report “2016 Threats Predictions” pegs a number of new methods as the increasingly likely attack routes for hackers in 2016 and beyond, and it offers an insight into the avenues that will require increased focus in the very near future.
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