NATO Cyber Threats: APT44, Cyber Espionage, More

As NATO members and partners prepare for a landmark summit, the cyber threat must be considered

NATO faces clandestine, aggressive cyber actors that gather intelligence, assault key infrastructure, and spread disinformation

NATO’s enemies have long used Cyber Espionage to gain political, diplomatic, and military insight and acquire defence technologies and economic secrets

Technical advances have made defending harder and helped NATO member states attack government, military, and commercial targets

These operators have lowered their risk of user or control identification by using less social engineering

Highly advanced cyber threat outfit APT44, also known as Sandworm, is thought to be backed by Russian military intelligence

APT44 has targeted essential infrastructure, government agencies, and international sports organisations