5 Trends in Cyber-attacks that Companies Must be Prepared for

By Mario A. Beroes R.- Communications at IT Business Solutions

It seems that cybercrime is always one “step ahead” in the digital world and although most companies seek to avoid or limit attacks, the reality is that criminal penetration mechanisms are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

During the II World Security Congress, held in Madrid, Spain, (https://ciberseguridad2024.eventocompliance.com/index_v3.php,) 5 trends were detected that are going to give more than one scare and a problem to companies during 2025.

The first is Ramsomware and the increase in the efficiency of its activity based on extortion mechanisms with intentionally designed, segmented attacks, which also evade the digital security schemes of companies.

Previously, Ramsomware was released and could penetrate anywhere. But not now, and the trend is focused by industry, by area, even by sector, among others.

In addition, attempts to penetrate supply chains in the cloud are becoming increasingly attractive to criminals, which is generating an increase in the frequency and sophistication of digital attacks.

In addition to this, the speed of attacks is increasing, becoming faster and faster, amplified by automation, Artificial Intelligence and the penetration of cybercriminals with a set of key tools that can be undetectable.

And to this we must add the presence of countries such as North Korea, which specializes in promoting cybercrime for its political, economic and strategic purposes. In the past, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine, among others, were the leaders in sending massive amounts of malicious files to the world, but for some time now they have been coming from North Korea, which has become one of the most important leaders in cyber-attacks worldwide.And, once again, Artificial Intelligence. 

There, the trend is in the scalability and speed of penetration of a system, thanks to specialized AI tools.As a conclusion it can be said that attacks evolve, become faster and if companies are not prepared and armored at a technological level, they are going to lose the battle. Therefore, companies must leverage on technological tools and Artificial Intelligence to reduce the impacts, otherwise, cybercrime will continue to grow.As of today, 25% of attacks come from the Cloud and 85% of them have a significant impact on the business, which has risen exponentially.

Five years ago, an attack generated an impact of 30% on the business, three years ago the impact reached 50% and, today, it can mean the disappearance of a company.In that sense, the only thing that companies have to do today, is to invest in Cybersecurity, see it as a measure to prevent attacks and be constantly updated on the issues and trends that are marking cybercriminals.