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