5 Encrypted Attack Predictions For 2025
Security Boulevard, Saturday, February 1st, 2025
The cyberthreat landscape of 2024 was rife with increasingly sophisticated threats, and encryption played a pivotal role-a staggering 87.2% of threats were hidden in TLS/SSL traffic.
The Zscaler cloud blocked 32.1 billion attempted encrypted attacks, a clear demonstration of the growing risk posed by cybercriminals leveraging encryption to evade detection.
ThreatLabz reported that malware continues to dominate as the leading encrypted threat, with phishing, cryptojacking, and cross-site scripting (XSS) rapidly on the rise. From nation-state-backed APT groups abusing cloud services to generative AI amplifying phishing, encrypted threats are evolving fast. Industries like manufacturing, technology, and services are bearing the brunt, and the United States and India remain prime targets.