Ransomware payments trending down, the cyber-resilience gap facing SMBs, and APT groups embracing generative AI – it’s a wrap on another month filled with impactful security news
26 Feb 2025
It’s no easy task to keep up with the constant stream of threats, scams, data breaches and other news impacting the threat landscape. Which is why we’ve done the heavy lifting again and rounded up some of the key cybersecurity stories that made the headlines in February 2025. This month, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe looks at:
- what to make of the 35-percent decline in ransomware payments in 2024, as reported by Chainalysis
- how EU small and medium-sized enterprises are 15% on average behind their larger counterparts when it comes to cyber-resilience, according to Marsh
- How advanced threat actors use generative AI tools for code debugging or researching their marks, according to Google
- several cases of ransomware attacks and data breaches that made the news in February and hit the U.S. Coast Guard and food delivery company Grubhub, among others
Make sure to also watch the January 2024 edition of the monthly roundup.
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