AhnLab Announces 2025 Cyber Security Threat Forecast
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Hyun-soo – On the 25th, AhnLab released its forecast for the “Top 5 Cyber Security Threats in 2025.”
The forecast includes: ▲ the spread of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based attacks ▲ an increase in software (SW) supply chain attacks ▲ an expanded attack surface due to cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) growth ▲ intensification of cyber warfare among hostile forces and hacktivist (hackers acting for political or social purposes) activities ▲ advancements in ransomware attacks.
AhnLab projects that as AI technologies such as generative AI spread throughout industries, cyber attacks will become more sophisticated, using “social engineering hacking” that leverages deepfake videos and attempts to discover vulnerabilities in programs and systems.
As we enter the “hyper-connected era” where SW and systems are increasingly integrated, there is an expected rise in attacks that target multiple organizations within a supply chain with a single strike.
Attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in public and private sector cloud systems are also expected to increase, and ransomware attacks are predicted to adopt advanced tactics featuring new attack forms like variants of “crypto worms” with self-propagating capabilities, and using Large Language Models (LLMs) during negotiations.
Yang Ha-young, head of AhnLab’s Security Intelligence Center, stated, “The cyber security environment in 2025 is expected to become more complex and challenging due to the advancement of AI technologies and the expansion of cloud and IoT. Organizations and individuals must adopt a prevention-first approach instead of reactive responses and practice security measures as a routine.”