Syed Imran Haider 
Many companies plan to invest in Web 3.0 in the year ahead, including blockchain and gaming. The metaverse will bring more dimension to the cat-and-mouse game. The increasing digital environment for safety has led tech firms to make $5 trillion by 2030.
The metaverse continues to evolve into a 3D digital realm, which is geographically unbound and comprises no rules and guidelines to buy, sell, recruit, and train. Business persons may find several unseen deadly zones, attack routes, and tripwires, making it a risky spot for entrepreneurs’ initiatives.
John Tsangaris – a methodical security executive at Optiv infosec company, says the metaverse and web 3.0 have two primary security threats. These include a lack of user knowledge and progression and creativity overriding security.
User Unawareness
Many users focus on functions and use cases with new technologies. They do not even think of security. The massive potential for social engineering attacks is vulnerable when you figure out how to use the metaverse and web 3.0 technology and how to benefit from it securely.
- Progression & innovation overriding SecurityÂ
The growth of technology leads to security because it carries all aspects of technical development. Security as part of conversation often goes piecemealed.
Top Cybersecurity Threats for the year
Many cybersecurity threats are likely to hit the tech world this year. According to Tsangaris, the company has had numerous tech events in the past thirty years where they see new things coming out. Users are so feature-focused that they even do not think of security. The metaverse has restored the same experience.
Likewise, Joseph Williams – cybersecurity consulting manager partner, also acts as the company’s spokesperson for the Metaverse Standards Forum. He believes it is endemic in corporate culture. Most brands use their creatives to perform in the metaverse and do not invite the CISO to the game. It shows the creatives make these metaverse experience for the brand.
William says since cybersecurity will not come soon, we will retroactively try to guard these assets. Individuals related to cybersecurity need to mark a reality check on what happens with their belongings, and how they collect the data. He observes that the creatives phenomenally invent these things, though they have a poor understanding of relevant legal obligations.
A report on Metaverse by Tenable- An exposure management company, reveals that cybersecurity experts and IT professionals mull configuration issues, blockchain, and the threat landscape. It polled 1,500 DevOps, IT professionals, and cybersecurity in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia.
According to 74% of respondents, invisible-avatar eavesdropping attacks are likely to happen in the metaverse. Similarly, 77 percent of respondents believe that it might be the cloning of voice, hijacking of video recordings, and facial features through avatars might arise in the metaverse. Finally, 93% acknowledged that they require a solid cybersecurity plan before providing services in the metaverse.
Satnam Narang, the research engineer at Tenable, said projects in blockchain and gaming on the platforms, such as Decentraland and Sandbox, might face many challenges with diverse metaverses while identifying where businesses may flock to
