Malware, ransomware attacks and phishing are not the only scourges of the crypto industry, as the Metaverse could become a big target next year, according to cybersecurity experts.

In its report “Consumer Cyber ​​Threats: Predictions for 2023” on November 28, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warned that there will be further exploitation of the metaverse due to a lack of data protection and moderation rules.

Kaspersky acknowledged that there are currently only a handful of metaverse platforms, but the number of metaverses will expand in the coming years and the market could even exceed $50 billion by 2026. That expansion will attract cybercriminals to the ecosystem they seek to exploit unwittingly. virtual world participants:

“Since the metaverse experience is universal and does not obey regional data…