Ransomware, malware attacks to continue in 2018 as hackers advance to machine learning, analytics

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Ransomware, malware attacks to continue in 2018 as hackers advance to machine learning, analytics

This article talks about the following: Despite new standards in security and advanced sophistication in server security, the first half of the year saw more than 27,000 cyber security attacks. The incidents of online ransomware have grown and the recent incident of WPP is a cause of concern. It is said that these attackers are becoming smarter each day with the advancement in Machine Learning.

It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the future. How long can advancement in new technology remain a threat to the world? Will machine learning be a good thing for the future or bad? Will it be soon enough that specialists can develop antidotes against malware attacks using ML?