The provided report offers an extensive overview of the global cyber threat landscape for 2024-2025, emphasizing the professionalization of cybercrime and its increasing entanglement with geopolitical motives. It highlights the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) models and the evolution of multi-extortion tactics, which have significantly impacted various sectors worldwide. The document also provides detailed profiles of ten notorious hacker groups, categorizing them by their motivations, such as financial gain or state-sponsored espionage, and illustrating their methods through notable attack examples. Ultimately, the report concludes with crucial strategic lessons for defenders, advocating for proactive, intelligence-led defense mechanisms to combat these sophisticated and rapidly evolving threats.
The provided report offers an extensive overview of the global cyber threat landscape for 2024-2025, emphasizing the professionalization of cybercrime and its increasing entanglement with geopolitical motives. It highlights the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) models and the evolution of multi-extortion tactics, which have significantly impacted various sectors worldwide. The document also provides detailed profiles of ten notorious hacker groups, categorizing them by their motivations, su...