In 2018, the number of high-profile companies hit by cyber crime soared; from tech giants we implicitly trust with our most personal data, such as Facebook and Apple, to airlines like Cathay Pacific and British Airways, and then of course there’s the local victim Liberty Life to add to the list. But you’d be foolish to think the threat was dissipating any time soon. Brainstorm surveyed some leading local security experts for the most pressing trends you should watch out for in 2019.

1 Laggards are hot phishing targets