Cloudflare says today’s threat landscape is more varied and chilling than ever

Cloudflare’s yearly threat report opens bluntly: "Today’s threat landscape is more varied and chilling than ever: Sophisticated nation-state actors. Hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. Deepfakes and fraudsters interviewing at your company. Even stealth attacks via trusted internal tools like Google Calendar, Dropbox, and GitHub." AI is not the only trend.

State-sponsored threat actors are wreaking havoc on telecommunications, and third-party API integration compromises are popping up more and more. A peculiar recent surge is the use of legitimate cloud tools like Google Calendar, Dropbox, and GitHub to sneak in malicious actions.

Hackers have also found ways around multi-factor authentication with cryptotokens, thanks to infostealers, and cryptobros are particularly targeted. They are expected to have a volume of currency, and cryptocurrencies' ability to effectively disappear through complex transactions makes hiding that money a tad easier than traditional scams.

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