Just when the president of the United States, Donald Trump, recruits the commercial rates of a large number of countries, which causes uncertainty and anxiety among exporters, cyber security experts warn about possible attacks as the computer pirates thrive in chaos. They also express their concern that a very high pressure on the margins could lead to reduced budgets for cyber security, weaving the protection of networks.
“The environment of evolving commercial rates is creating unwanted domain effects in all industries. As companies seek to optimize costs, critical functions such as cyber security can face budgetary pressures,” said Dipesh Kaura, director of countries – India and SAARC.
“At the same time, the landscape of digital threats is more complex, with greater risks of both actors sponsored by the State and opportunistic people who exploit economic uncertainty through scams and cyber attacks,” he said.
Asking companies to remain vigilant, he said that flexible and scalable cyber security solutions are integrated with existing systems to help mitigate risks with strong initial investments.
“Quick detection and response capacities are especially critical for sectors such as banking and medical care, where confidential data protection is essential,” he said.
The manufacturing sector, which sails for operational challenges due to tariffs, must also prioritize cyber security to safeguard against interruptions and intellectual property theft (IP).
“The rapid adoption of technologies to manage monitoring, detection and response in such scenarios can significantly reduce the impact of cyber incidents,” Kaura said.
When asked if the company noticed any unusual activity in this context, he said it was too soon for a scam to occur on this subject. “However, there is a definitive activity in the attacks sponsored by the State, but they won, they come on social networks and news,” he said.
Samir K. Mody, vice president (threat research) in K7Computing, said that chaos around commercial tariffs could only be used for cheap social engineering attacks. “We saw things like that turning Covid, why they affected everyone,” he said.
“The collapse related to the rate won real and diverse affection, but only to investors,” he observed.
Steve Vintz, Co-Coé and CFO of Tenable, a company of exposure management solutions, warns that the high range of President Donald Trump could increase the risk of cyber attacks as adversaries seek to take reprisals against surface pressure.
“There is a strong correlation between economic sanctions, commercial barriers and an increase in cyber threats, particularly aimed at critical infrastructure,” he said.
“The fundamental changes in market dynamics, such as evolving commercial policies and the appearance of new technology paradigms such as generative AI can lead to an increasingly opportunistic threat panorama,” he felt.
A clear pattern pointed out: when there are interruptions in financial markets or economic uncertainty, bad actors thrive.
Companies must move faster than the threat actors they face. Now, more than ever, organizations must be attentive to reinforcing their cyber security defenses to mitigate the greatest risk of cyber attacks.
Venkateshwarlu Madala, founder and CEO of the cyberts cybersecurity startup, said the computer pirates could launch ddos attacks driven by the market (denial of distributed service), exploit the financial chaos. “Non -state actors are increasingly aligning cyber attacks with market dynamics to maximize interruption. They launch ddos attacks during high volume negotiation periods (for example, the open/closing market), where abnormal traffic.
I wanted organizations to deploy autonomous threat detection systems that analysis of traffic patterns and attacks.
Posted on April 13, 2025