Cloud, 5G and 'wetware' attacks — the 5 biggest cybersecurity threats of 2020

<ul><li>The era of <keyword id="107950" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="20" keywordseo="artificial-intelligence">artificial intelligence</keyword> (AI) and machine learning (ML) brings with it the threat of <keyword id="6064676" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="deepfakes">deepfakes</keyword> and ‘wetware’ attacks.</li><li>5G’s promise of turbo speeds will also make it stealing data a speedy undertaking.</li><li>Here’s a list of the five biggest <keyword id="6361948" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cybersecurity">cybersecurity</keyword> threats that face internet users in 2020.</li></ul>The digital is world in growing at a rapid pace. Everyday, the dependence on computers to manage and support day-to-day operations is increasing. At the same time, cyberattacks at becoming more powerful as well. It doesn’t matter whether you call data ‘oil’ or ‘water’, it’s undeniable that data breaches and hacks are much more common than they were a year ago. The issue isn’t restricted to unauthorised access either. Manipulation of data can lead to a whole new level of financial extortion. “There is an urgency among businesses to safeguard their data and people, as attackers are increasingly harnessing new technologies and techniques to launch attacks on intellectual property and critical data. said Surendra Singh, senior director and country manager for India and SAARC at Forcepoint. Here are the five biggest cybersecurity threats that the world will face in 2020:

Cloud, 5G and 'wetware' attacks  — the 5 biggest cybersecurity threats of 2020

<ul><li>Content and services in India are being localised but terms and conditions for <keyword id="6391249" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="consent">consent</keyword> aren’t always in a local language.</li><li>Rakesh Deshmukh, co-founder and CEO of Indus OS, points out that non-English language internet users aren’t always tech-savvy.</li><li>This puts them at risk of giving away data without realising it.</li></ul>Localising content in India is a big trend. For most first-time internet users in India, English is not their first language — it’s not even their second. Global brands like <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword>, Netflix, and Amazon are already on the path to diversification by offering Indian users multiple local language options. While there the quantity of local content is growing, the same can’t be said about consent. English-speaking users don’t necessarily read all the terms and conditions when giving permissions to apps. When the fine print is in a foreign language and filled with technical details, the problem gets compounded when it extends to local languages. Local users aren’t always the most tech-savvy individuals according to Rakesh Deshmukh, co-founder and CEO of Indus OS and the Indus App Bazaar— the largest indigenous app store in India. It currently has over 50 million users with plans to hit 100 million by the end of the year. "They might not be able to understand the permission that applications are asking for and giving those permissions away could harm them," he told Business Insider in an interview. The power to change things lies with regulators and developers The <keyword id="7729349" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indus-App-Bazaar">Indus App Bazaar</keyword> has two layers of security checks in play. One is its own internal review, and second is the security layer provided by Google. "For our own internal security, we conduct audits to check that all the data is secure. Then there’s the Android Security Framework which prevents malware applications from being installed," explains Deshmukh. Even internally, there are three sub-levels — an anti-virus check, an internal review team and proprietary tools to identify malicious apps or fake applications. Despite these safeguards, it is possible for data breaches to occur, which is why prevention is generally considered to be the best cure. "Larger stakeholders here are the regulatory body and the developers. From the app store point of view, if the app is malicious — we can blackball it. But we don’t have control over what applications are doing with the data once users have given their consent — that is beyond our purview," said Deshmukh. Which is why it’s so important to learn about cyber threats and the cybersecurity basics before accessing the internet, like ensuring you have your own anti-virus in place and only giving access permissions to applications that you’re sure that you can trust. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/the-sins-and-virtues-of-data-privacy-experts-discuss-where-the-responsibility-lies/articleshow/73689240.cms">The sins and virtues of data privacy — Experts discuss where the responsibility lies</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/heres-how-to-keep-your-phone-from-getting-hacked-like-jeff-bezos-according-to-a-cybersecurity-expert/articleshow/73685677.cms">Here's how to keep your phone from getting hacked like Jeff Bezos, according to a cybersecurity expert</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/cloud-5g-and-wetware-attacks-the-5-biggest-cybersecurity-threats-of-2020/articleshow/73054612.cms">Cloud, 5G and 'wetware' attacks — the 5 biggest cybersecurity threats of 2020</a>

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/game-changers/bionics"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/53d951406da8111a490cebdd-800-75/game-changers-headerbionicsslim.png" border="0" width="800" height="75" /></a><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table full"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53eb9f276bb3f7dc12056f53-1200-706/promo2.png" border="0" alt="A bionic chip that allows people to interact with machines">Dangerous ThingsWith one chip, we can go from man to machine. What do you want to be able to do?</img></div></div></div>The human body has the potential for amazing feats, but it also has built-in limitations - we can't hear certain tones, we see a limited range of colors, and we can't feel magnetic and electrical fields around us the way some animals do.
Some people choose not to accept those limits.
Neil Harbisson was born without the ability to see color. Now, he can perceive more than 360 colors and even discern the infrared spectrum. Kevin Warwick, the U.K.-based cybernetics professor and author of "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Cyborg-Kevin-Warwick/dp/0252072154" target="_blank">I, Cyborg</a>," was the first person to implant a RFID chip into his arm, which then connected to systems at the University of Reading and could open doors and turn lights on or off. He even connected his nervous system to that of his wife, so they each could feel what the other person was feeling. Amal Graafstra, the founder of <a href="https://dangerousthings.com/" target="_blank">Dangerous Things</a>, sells a kit for $99 that you can buy right now and use to put a RFID chip in your own hand.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53eb89026bb3f74d34056f53-500-341/tattoo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="digital temporary tattoo" width="400">John Rogers, University of IllinoisThis tattoo can check your heart rate and send that information to a computer.</img></div></div>These characters are at the forefront of the biohacker, grinder, or cyborg movement, but they are not the only ones who have started to experiment with technological body modifications that do far more than a traditional piercing or tattoo.
Some think regular people are closer to accepting biohacking than many realize. Most of us are willing to trust computers to take over brain functions already. Search engines replace our memory for basic facts; Google maps replaces our sense of direction.
Bio- and body-hackers take things a step or two further. Using tattoo needles, scalpels, injection devices, microchips, or just wires, they embrace connectivity and step further into the cybernetic world.
To them, the limit is no longer the body. The limit is the mind, the uses we can come up with for this technology. Biohackers look at what technology is capable of and ask a question:
What do you want to be able to do?
Here are six body hacks that let people sense the world around them in new ways.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53eb9c876da8110b791a32f9-1200-1000/2006-03-30_-_hands.jpg" border="0" alt="chips embedded in a hand" width="400">Dangerous ThingsThe hand is popular spot for embedding magnets and RFID chips.</img></div></div>1. Magnetic implants can help you sense electric fields and pick up small metal objects. Magnets are commonly implanted into the hand or on a finger, allowing users to sense the location of a nearby electrical field, subway, or microwave.
Tim Cannon, one of the founders of biohacking collective <a href="http://www.grindhousewetware.com/" target="_blank">Grindhouse Wetwares</a> - whose slogan is "What would you like to be today?" - <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/superman/2013/03/cyborgs_grinders_and_body_hackers_diy_tools_for_adding_sensory_perceptions.single.html" target="_blank">told Slate that</a> he could tell not only where a current is come from, but could also distinguish between alternating current and direct current. A friend even calls him the "laptop whisperer," because he was able to use his abilities to diagnose a battery problem.
2. Magnets can also transmit sound and more. Biohacker Rich Lee implanted magnets in his ears that <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/160080-man-implants-magnetic-headphones-becomes-music-cyborg" target="_blank">work as hidden ear buds</a> by picking up a musical signal from a magnetic cord connected to a music player. He told Extreme Tech that he planned on linking these implants to his phone's GPS system so that directions could be transmitted directly to his head. Linked up to a microphone, he could use them as a listening device or phone as well.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right" style="width:300px"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53eb89966da811141c1a32f9-350-233/tattoolr.jpg" border="0" alt="biohacking temporary tattoo" width="300">UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering</img></div></div>3. Temporary digital tattoos can relay vital information about health. Biohackers are wary about saying that their devices relay health information - most don't want their work to be regulated as medical technology by the Food and Drug Administration, one reason that individuals can't use anesthesia when putting an implant in themselves. But biohacking research has led to the creation of temporary tattoos that can assess vital statistics. <a href="http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1353" target="_blank">Some monitor sweat</a> to gauge physical activity. Others can <a href="http://www.futurity.org/its-electric-wireless-tattoo-sticks-to-skin/" target="_blank">monitor the body's electrical activity, heart rate, and more</a> - and can transmit that data to computers and mobile devices.
Big companies, who are less intimidated by regulation, also seem aware of the potential of these tattoos. A Google-owned company is working on digital tattoos that could connect to smartphones and gaming devices and that could even serve as lie detectors, <a href="http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&amp;docid=20130297301&amp;IDKey=67084E6A3F15&amp;HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526co1%3DAND%2526d%3DPG01%2526s1%3D20130297301.PGNR.%2526OS%3DDN%2F20130297301%2526RS%3DDN%2F20130297301" target="_blank">according to the patent it filed</a>.
<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_left"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53eb8e026bb3f76d44056f54/amal%20graafstra%20rfid%20chip%20functions.gif" border="0" alt="amal graafstra rfid chip functions">Amal Graafstra/Vimeo</img></div></div></div>
4. RFID Chips let the human body interact with electronic devices in a variety of ways. For some people, this is a means of unlocking doors, computers, and other devices. One researcher used an implanted chip to spread a computer virus.
An implant like this can connect to payment and security systems, as well as communication tools and so much more. This is one of those modifications where the question is, if you have a device that can interact with almost any machine, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/microchip-implants-in-healthy-people-2014-7" target="_blank">what do you want it to do</a>?
5. The Eyeborg allows Neil Harbisson to hear the colors of the world. A small antenna mounted over Harbisson's head views the colors of the world, including the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum, and vibrates a unique tone that only he can hear, allowing him to perceive the world in color - something he was born without the ability to do. It would take time for someone else to learn to use Harbisson's synesthesia-like approach to viewing the world, but you can <a href="http://eyeborg.wix.com/cyborg#!lab/czm2" target="_blank">download the software</a> to start building your own Eyeborg at home.
Harbisson says becoming a self-identified cyborg led him to found the <a href="http://eyeborg.wix.com/cyborg" target="_blank">Cyborg Foundation</a>, which works to help people extend their senses through technology and defends their right to do so. "I think we are now entering the age of transition into cyborgs," he <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bionic-technology-human-cyborgs-2014-7" target="_blank">told Business Insider</a>. "I'm sure it'll be normal to meet someone and ask 'what are your extra senses?'"
6. Biohacking implants can give you a Spider-Man-like ability to sense movement all around you. Different devices do this in different ways. Rich Lee says that connecting his ear implants to a range finder can create a sort of echolocation ability, which will hum as an object gets closer to him. A Cyborg Foundation Project called the 360º Sensory Extension vibrates if someone approaches from behind, and can even do so from different sides of the body. Grindhouse Wetwares has a project called <a href="http://www.grindhousewetware.com/bottlenose.html" target="_blank">Bottlenose</a> that captures sonar, ultraviolet, Wi-Fi, and thermal data and transmits information about these invisible fields to implanted magnets.
We have learned so much about how to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-incredible-applications-of-bionics-in-sports-2014-7" target="_blank">fix what's broken</a>, and now we are using that knowledge to hack the body <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/brain-hacking-will-make-us-smarter-and-more-productive-2014-7" target="_blank">and brain</a>. Humans no longer need to be limited to five senses.
So what do you want to be able to do?

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