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The metaverse faces more than 8 potential cyberthreats.

"Metaverse publishers will control all aspects of their meta spaces, collect vast amounts of user data, and monetize the collected data. Even if there are open-source metaverse worlds that users can host, the publisher who hosts them will still be able to collect and monetize user data." Given the unprecedented visibility into user actions, Trend Micro anticipates privacy issues such as data sovereignty will become a major concern in the metaverse.

There will be both VR and MR in the metaverse and VR metaverse-like spaces will arrive within two to three years, while AR/MR metaverse spaces are at least four to five years away, according to Trend Micro.

Criminals will copy these digital stores in a different metaverse space to scam shoppers.

Trend Micro points out that it's highly possible that "The metaverse we envisioned is not feasible nor attainable, and the whole metaverse idea train changes course in a new direction." However, with large investments being poured into the metaverse, now is the time to start developing security models for it.

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