Three cyberimmune platforms will be available to KasperskyOS partners
Eugene Kaspersky
The number of new modifications of IoT malware is growing rapidly. This, among other things, was the focus of the participants of the KasperskyOS Day 2021 partner conference held in late October. “According to our estimates, there are over 100,000 cybercriminals in the world who develop malware and sometimes create professional criminal gangs. Many of these gangs are increasingly turning their attention to industrial systems with Internet access. It is enough to recall, for example, the cyberattack on the American Colonial Pipeline system that took place in May of this year, which stopped the operation of all pipelines in the system for five days and became, according to some estimates, the largest successful cyberattack on oil infrastructure in US history,” said Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab.
Of course, not all attacks are so czech republic mobile database and so well-known. For obvious reasons, the victims try to keep many of them quiet. At the same time, according to Kaspersky Lab estimates, the number of new modifications of IoT malware is growing rapidly: if in 2015, 2016 and 2017 there were only 483, 2551 and 34,100 of them, respectively, then in 2020 this figure reached 303,134.
Since the Internet of Things is quite complex (in addition to “smart” devices, it includes telecommunications devices and cloud platforms), it is impossible to protect industrial systems from hacker attacks using only special software. “Yes, back in 2016, we developed a secure real-time OS designed for critical equipment and allowing the creation of cyber-immune solutions resistant to most types of cyber attacks. This is especially important for industries and solutions with increased information security requirements,” recalled Eugene Kaspersky. “However, we are not going to make hardware that functions under its control. Our partners should do this.”