Gli enti pubblici e le imprese non sono adeguatamente protetti dal cybercrime. • Dialogic

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Governments and companies are insufficiently protected against cyber threats. This is the result of research conducted by the Rathenau Institute and Dialogic.

The Netherlands, as one of the most ICT-intensive economies in the world, is an attractive target for cybercriminals. The biggest threat comes from foreign intelligence services that collect and manipulate political, military, and technological information on a large scale in our country. Additionally, we see that cybercrime is becoming increasingly available as a service, making it accessible to a larger group of criminals.

Extra measures are needed in the battle against the increasingly sophisticated attack methods of cybercriminals. For this research, Dialogic conducted a trend analysis and an international comparison.

In the trend analysis, we examined several important cyber attacks: cyber fraud, ransomware, digital espionage, and DDoS. The trend analysis reveals the following:

Digital espionage is currently the biggest threat, and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Attackers have access to substantial funds and resources, enabling them to utilize advanced tools. Protection against these advanced tools, often utilizing zero-day vulnerabilities, is (and remains) hardly possible.
Cyber fraud, on the other hand, appears to be under control. Banks have implemented various measures to increase resilience, including informational campaigns that have proven to be highly effective. The damage caused by internet banking fraud has decreased from nearly 35 million euros in 2012 to less than 5 million euros in 2014.
Ransomware and DDoS have experienced significant growth in recent years and are causing increasing damage. This is primarily due to the emergence of as-a-service models that allow criminals to carry out attacks with minimal resources and expertise.
With DDoS, the rise of the Internet of Things poses an additional threat. More and more devices are connected to the internet, but the security of these devices is often inadequate. Cybercriminals can easily hack these devices and use them in a DDoS attack. Measures have been taken to enhance resilience such as a National Anti-DDoS Washing Street and the No More Ransom initiative. However, these measures have not yet resulted in a decrease in the number of DDoS and ransomware attacks.

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Download the report here.