CrowdStrike: Europe second only to North America for cyber attacks

Europe is second only to North America as a theatre of attack for cyber criminals, nation-state actors and hacktivists, according to CrowdStrike’s 2025 European threat landscape report, with European organisations accounting for nearly 22% of global ransomware and extortion victims.

Ransomware operations are moving faster than ever, with CrowdStrike observing groups such as Scattered Spider, which famously disrupted Marks and Spencer’s business this year, increasing deployment speed by 48%. The average attack now takes just 24 hours.

Attackers are benefiting from underground marketplaces which make malware as a service, initial access brokerage and phishing toolkits easily and readily available, according to the cyber security services provider.

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