Webinar Replay: Q3 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape - Rising Attacks on Tech and Telecoms Reinforce Need for Business Continuity Planning

A notable rise in attacks in Q3 2024 shows that threat actors are increasingly focusing on the tech and telecoms sector. Professional services retained its status as the sector most targeted by attackers, and four of the five key sectors experiencing an increase in attacks this quarter. Insider threat and email compromise remain a key area of risk for business. Other reasons to remain vigilant are the rise in nation-state actor activity and the diversification in form and techniques by various ransomware groups. 

During the session, our experts — Laurie Iacono and George Glass — explore key trends and outline insights drawn from thousands of cyber incidents handled worldwide each year. They also address the issues that organizations should be aware of, including notable threat incidents and active ransomware groups.

The briefing covers:

• Key themes and patterns shaping the threat landscape and how these could impact organizations
• Critical shifts in attacker behavior in the past quarter, including popular incident types and initial access methods
• The most active threat actor groups and the industries most targeted
• The behaviors and tactics behind some of the world’s most prominent cyber incidents

Key Sections From the Webinar

“This case study is really effective at establishing how ransomware can impact an organization. It underscores the importance of business continuity in these types of cases. Because when a technology firm is hit, losing critical functions can impact not just them but also their customers.” – Laurie Iacono

Our experts dive into the real-life case of an electronics manufacturing firm hit by MEDUSA ransomware. Watch now to discover how threat actors were observed bypassing at least one of the client’s endpoint detection & response tools, allowing the malware to spread across the network and leading to almost a week of business downtime.

“This quarter has been pretty much info stealers as far as the eye can see. I don't think I've seen anything quite like what I've seen over the last few months in terms of the same campaigns appearing across multiple different industries and multiple different sectors” – George Glass

Information stealing malware was one of the defining threats of Q3. Here, our experts put this concerningly successful trend in the spotlight, delving into the biggest names making it a key threat this quarter. Watch now.

“We always say in the industry that it's not a case of if, but when an incident will happen. So it's really important to prioritize planning for these type of events. As we see every day from the experience of organizations that come to us, a security incident can happen to anybody.” - Laurie Iacono

With so many changes in threat actor behavior observed in Q3, is your organization ready to act? Having handled thousands of incident response cases, our experts share mitigations that can enhance your cyber resilience in response to a volatile threat landscape. Watch now.