2025 APT Report: Staying Ahead of the Modern Threat Landscape
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By Ted Lee (Senior Engineer-Threat Research, APT Ops), Kakara Hiroyuki (Senior Threat Researcher, Forward-Looking Threat Research Team AI and Data), and Feike Hacquebord (Principal Threat Researcher, Forward-Looking Threat Research Team)
Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are becoming smarter and more efficient, with the groups involved in this area operating with high precision, coordinating their efforts to stay hidden within their targets’ systems for as long as possible. Our 2025 report compiles a full year of research and real-world observations to show security leaders exactly how these actors operate and how to fight back. Our aim is to provide a clear view of the motives and tactics used in current cyberattacks.
Modern APTs have evolved into persistent, semi‑autonomous entities pursuing geopolitical and economic objectives. Over the past year, the threat landscape shifted as attackers moved from experimenting with AI as a support tool to integrating it across the intrusion lifecycle. Campaigns have become increasingly …
Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are becoming smarter and more efficient, with the groups involved in this area operating with high precision, coordinating their efforts to stay hidden within their targets’ systems for as long as possible. Our 2025 report compiles a full year of research and real-world observations to show security leaders exactly how these actors operate and how to fight back. Our aim is to provide a clear view of the motives and tactics used in current cyberattacks.
Modern APTs have evolved into persistent, semi‑autonomous entities pursuing geopolitical and economic objectives. Over the past year, the threat landscape shifted as attackers moved from experimenting with AI as a support tool to integrating it across the intrusion lifecycle. Campaigns have become increasingly …