Kaspersky gives cyber threat predictions: fintech, mobile banking and e-commerce could be prime target in 2020

In 2020, financially motivated cyber threat actors may start to target investment apps, online financial data processing systems and upcoming cryptocurrencies, along with providing paid access to banks’ infrastructures and developing new strains of mobile banking malware based on leaked source code.These are the key predictions from Kaspersky on the expected development of the threat landscape in the financial sector.Financial cyber threats are considered to be some of the most dangerous ones, as the impact they bring usually results in direct financial losses for victims. The year 2019 has seen some significant developments in the industry and also in how financial attackers operate. These events allowed Kaspersky researchers to suggest several important potential developments for the financial threat landscape for 2020.Firstly, fintech is facing a constant cyber threat. Mobile investment apps have become more popular among users around the globe and this trend won’t go unnoticed by .