Names ransomware and attacks on critical infrastructure in Threat Assessment.
Cyber-attacks, including ransomware but attacks targeting critical infrastructure, governments, businesses and individuals have been named by Europol in its Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment.
Saying that ‘serious and organised crime’ is one of the greatest security threats facing the European Union today, as lines are further blurred between profit-oriented and ideologically-motivated cyber-attacks, “the cybercrime landscape is further fragmenting.”
Andy Norton, European cyber risk officer at Armis, said: “Cyberwarfare is no longer perceived as rare, high profile, one-off attacks - it’s a continuous, hybrid assault designed to erode trust and destabilise nations over time.
“A ‘set it and forget it’ approach to cybersecurity that relies on legacy point products and siloed security solutions is no longer adequate. Organisations must prioritise immediately gaining a comprehensive, real-time understanding of their environment and their extended attack surface. With this insight, security teams are enabled to proactively mitigate their cyber risk exposure using AI to anticipate and counter evolving tactics before they impact their organisation. These threats are relentless, our defences must be too.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
