NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY GREEN PAPER – SUPPORTING DOCUMENT 3 Cyber Threats and their Agents The findings shown in this Section are based mainly upon the Threat Landscape drawn by ENISA for the year 20141. 3.1 THE CYBER THREATS Table 1 identifies the top 15 threats, menacing cyber space by end 2014, ten of which are noted to be on the increase. Top threat Observed current trend Malicious code  Web-based attacks  Web application/injection attacks  Botnets  Denial of service  Spam  Phishing  Exploit kits  Data breaches  Physical damage / theft/ loss  Insider threat  Information leakage  Identity theft/ fraud  Cyber espionage  Ransomware / Rogueware / Scareware Table 1 – Top Cyber threats for 2014  An explanation for each of the cyber threat identified is given below. 11 Malta | National Cyber Security Strategy Green Paper – Supporting Document