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December 08, 2020

Cyber Security Predictions 2021: Experts’ Responses
Remote image-based threats will push email security filters to their limits.
Remote image-based threats will push email security filters to their limits Building on the success of image manipulation techniques to bypass email filters, hackers are now using remote images to store malicious textual content. Unlike images embedded in email, remote images must be fetched over a network. Detecting a remote image over a network is complex and time-consuming, and it cannot be done in real-time. While Computer Vision can analyze and extract relevant content from images.....Read More
Remote image-based threats will push email security filters to their limits Building on the success of image manipulation techniques to bypass email filters, hackers are now using remote images to store malicious textual content. Unlike images embedded in email, remote images must be fetched over a network. Detecting a remote image over a network is complex and time-consuming, and it cannot be done in real-time. While Computer Vision can analyze and extract relevant content from images it’s expensive, CPU-intensive, and not widely available in commercial email filters. Because of this, we can expect to see more hackers using remote images in 2021.  Read Less