CISOs Brace For A Surge In Domain-Based Cyber Threats
HelpNet Security, Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
Cybersecurity threats are growing more complex, and domain-based attacks are at the center of this shift. CSC's CISO Outlook 2025 report, based on a survey of 300 security leaders, reveals a rising sense of urgency as organizations confront both established and emerging threats.
70 percent of respondents expect an increase in cyber threats in 2025, and 98 percent believe risks will continue rising over the next three years. Domain-related threats, such as cybersquatting, DNS hijacking, and subdomain takeovers, are now among the top concerns.
Domain threats are growing and hard to stop
'DNS and domain-related infrastructure are soft targets for cybercriminals, who use specific threat vectors like DNS hijacking or domain spoofing to exploit exposed systems,' said Ihab Shraim, CTO of CSC's Digital Brand Services. 'We're already seeing high volumes of these attacks, and we expect them to grow drastically in 2025, as more off-the-shelf tools and attack kits become widely available.'