Approximately, 60% of humanity will live in smart cities in the next decade. Large cities based and built around technology and where each device, whether a smartphone, a traffic light or a car will be connected to the internet and also to the network of networks, according to experts from Panda Security.
Connection to which the security systems of large cities must prepare themselves and face new challenges in this area. The researchers of the antivirus company have raised a scenario of Ancient Greece, what would happen if a case like the Trojan horse were repeated. If this were the case, the infection of the virus would be like pollination.
When all the Internet connections of a device are closed, the viruses need something or someone to transport them and deposit them in another place. Although the biggest attack vector in this area is the Internet, Panda Security researchers point out that you have to be careful with elements that are not, apparently connected to the network, as with an abandoned USB on the street.
In an intelligent city, all devices, from citizens' smartphones to the same cars that drive, will be connected. And they will be generating a large amount of information, which will be stored in the cities themselves and shared with other cities to improve, among other things, the traffic of people between them.
We are increasingly aware of the misuse of our personal data by cybercriminals, but, as requested by the company, we can imagine what would happen if cars were used as Trojan horses to transport malware from one city to another.
If this virus, as they explain, was installed in hundreds or thousands of cars, it could be used to make a Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) and, for example, put all the traffic lights of a city in green.
For all this, "the architects who design the smart cities of today and of the future must pose the challenges of cybersecurity in all their designs", as pointed out by Global Retail Product Manager of Panda Security, Hervé Lambert.
Hardware manufacturers and smart city regulators should, as Lambert explains, "become aware of the importance of installing devices that can be installed antivirus, do cybersecurity audits and constant updates, which are the only way to protect the cities of possible cyber attacks ".
Connection to which the security systems of large cities must prepare themselves and face new challenges in this area. The researchers of the antivirus company have raised a scenario of Ancient Greece, what would happen if a case like the Trojan horse were repeated. If this were the case, the infection of the virus would be like pollination.
When all the Internet connections of a device are closed, the viruses need something or someone to transport them and deposit them in another place. Although the biggest attack vector in this area is the Internet, Panda Security researchers point out that you have to be careful with elements that are not, apparently connected to the network, as with an abandoned USB on the street.
In an intelligent city, all devices, from citizens' smartphones to the same cars that drive, will be connected. And they will be generating a large amount of information, which will be stored in the cities themselves and shared with other cities to improve, among other things, the traffic of people between them.
We are increasingly aware of the misuse of our personal data by cybercriminals, but, as requested by the company, we can imagine what would happen if cars were used as Trojan horses to transport malware from one city to another.
If this virus, as they explain, was installed in hundreds or thousands of cars, it could be used to make a Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) and, for example, put all the traffic lights of a city in green.
For all this, "the architects who design the smart cities of today and of the future must pose the challenges of cybersecurity in all their designs", as pointed out by Global Retail Product Manager of Panda Security, Hervé Lambert.
Hardware manufacturers and smart city regulators should, as Lambert explains, "become aware of the importance of installing devices that can be installed antivirus, do cybersecurity audits and constant updates, which are the only way to protect the cities of possible cyber attacks ".
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