Cybercrime landscape fragments as new groups emerge

Previously, a single dominant group tended to define the cybercrime landscape. Now, several actors sustain large-scale operations, with the number of distinct actors nearly tripling from 33 to 89 since 2020. The latest Security Navigator report from Orange Cyber Defense shows that in Europe, victims of Qilin and Akira have risen by 324 percent and 168 percent respectively. This is in part due to the commoditization of cybercrime as a service, which has drastically lowered the entry costs for attackers, allowing them to multiply and thrive. In addition to lowered entry costs, we are seeing the industrialization of cyber crime… [Continue Reading]