mindless zombie devices with intelligent clusters of compromised devices to create more effective attacks . This would be a hivenet instead of a botnet . It would be able to use millions of interconnected devices , or swarmbots , to simultaneously identify and tackle different attack vectors , enabling attacks at an unprecedented scale ,” explains the blog .
“ Such hivenets are especially dangerous because , unlike individual zombies , individual swarmbots are smart . They can talk to each other , take action based on shared local intelligence , use swarm intelligence to act on commands without
Personal information is boosting the phenomenal innovations happening in the AI , machine learning and deep learning spaces . the botnet herder instructing them to do so , and recruit and train new members of the hive . As a result , as a hivenet identifies and compromises more devices it will be able to grow exponentially and thereby widen its ability to simultaneously attack multiple victims .”
Ransom of commercial services is big business
“ The next big target for ransomware is likely to be the ransom of commercial services such as cloud service providers ,” adds the blog . “ The financial opportunities are clear . Cloud computing is expected to grow to US $ 162 billion www . intelligentciso . com | Issue 01
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