Paradigm Shifts

**Trend Micro 2018 security predictions:** This report forecasts that ransomware and broader digital extortion will remain dominant, IoT devices will be increasingly abused (for DDoS, proxying and physical/medical risks), BEC losses will rise to billions, cyberpropaganda will leverage established spam/SEO techniques, and attackers will exploit machine learning and blockchain weaknesses; it advises multilayered defenses, timely patching, user training, and data-protection readiness (GDPR).