"Threat actors are expected to deploy advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-led attacks to boost the speed and impact of their campaigns. IoT will throw new challenges to data security," said the report titled 'Cyber Trends in 2019 and Predictions for 2020'. "Cyber attacks are on the rise and will continue to rise. "Ninety-five per cent of cybersecurity breaches are expected to arise due to human error. "Every 14 seconds, a ransomware attack was carried out on companies in 2019 while 71 per cent of reported breaches were financially motivated," the report said.

Source: Economic Times January 01, 2020 08:48 UTC