(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com May 1.)

New Threats Join Established Threats

From cloud application security to ransomware to DDoS attacks using IoT devices, the number of security threats continued to rise in 2016, according to Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report. The report takes a comprehensive view of the threat landscape, based on data from Symantec's Global Intelligence Network. Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security Response, said the year saw traditional threats on the rise, as well as new and evolved threats as hackers, shift motivations and leverage new vectors of attack. Take a look at six trends that Haley highlighted as the ones to watch from this year's report.