Cybersecurity: 3 major threats to watch out for in 2025

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The year 2024 will have been particularly turbulent in terms of cybersecurity. In France, several large companies have had to deplore data leaks that have impacted their customers. Unfortunately, the year 2025 will not give us a chance to breathe. We have identified 3 threats that will need to be taken into consideration in course of the coming months.

When AI becomes a weapon

Artificial intelligence makes the task of cybercriminals much easier. Some AI-enhanced malware, for example, can change its behavior in real time to evade traditional detection systems.

Hackers also use these tools to carry out large-scale attacks in the hope of deceiving inattentive users. In some cases, these are much more elaborate offensives where deepfake technologies promise substantial gains.

Faced with a challenge, and as The Hacker News rightly explains, AI-enhanced security solutions can be part of the solution. One thing is for sure, the battle of machines in the cybersecurity field has already begun!

Phishing and ransomware still at the heart of threats

Technology is progressing, but the methods ultimately remain the same. Thus, phishing will remain one of the preferred methods for cybercriminals this year to take action. In this context, hackers are fond of social networks where they can retrieve information about their target to better deceive them.

As reported by Forbes, during the second quarter, the total number of phishing messages increased by 202%. Another striking figure cited by our colleagues is that each mobile user is confronted with 600 threats each year!

Ransomware attacks are also very present, as hackers use automated AI-based tools that make their job easier. As always, organizations operating in the financial and healthcare sectors will be particularly targeted. Malicious actors often take advantage of vulnerabilities in certain networks that are not always well protected.

An internal danger ?

Often, it is the user's inattention that allows an attack to succeed. Training and raising employee awareness on these issues therefore remain essential. In some even more surprising cases, some employees join an organization to harm it from the inside.

This is the case of these North Korean hackers who try to join cybersecurity companies. Quoted by InformationWeek, Sharon Chand, Director of Cyber ​​Risk Services at consulting firm Deloitte: comments: “We’re really seeing the need today to put advanced controls in place in that talent acquisition process and in our ongoing insider threat monitoring programs to be able to mitigate these new types of attacks that are out there.”

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