Group-IB, creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, has presented a comprehensive overview of the cyber threat landscape in the European region for the years 2023/2024 with the release of its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends report. The report provides a thorough analysis of how cybersecurity challenges in Europe have evolved.
In 2023, Group-IB's researchers identified that the number of ransomware attacks in Europe rose by approximately 52%, with manufacturing, real estate and transportation companies remaining the main targets. The United Kingdom, France and Germany retained their status as the most frequently targeted countries by Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliates. During 2023, the region became the battleground for 108 cyber attacks carried out by various state-sponsored hacker groups. Government and military institutions were the primary targets, with 48 attacks conducted against them. Information stealers pose a significant concern, impacting 250,000 infected devices (23% more than in 2022) in the European region whose logs were made available on Underground Clouds of Logs (UCL), and an additional 647,485 hosts, logs from which were put up for sale on underground markets, which is 28% more than a year before. At the same time, the report notes that there was a 7% decrease in the number of offers to sell initial access to compromised networks in the region. Also, just over 1 million compromised cards registered in Europe appeared on the cybercriminal underground in 2023 — the 2022 figure has not changed.
In this Group-IB report, you will:- Learn why AI is a double-edged sword of offense and defense
- See how legitimate services are used illegitimately
- Understand why APT’s appetite is growing and get numbers to realize the scale
- Learn why ransomware is still alive and kicking: our experts witnessed a significant increase of 74% in ransomware attacks
- Get valuable data and insights about data leaks, UCLs, supply chain attacks etc.
- Enjoy the insightful professional reading
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