Europe Intelligence Insights, October 2025

Financial, legal, and manufacturing sectors came under pressure in the autumn of 2025. Ransomware leaks, phishing frameworks, and sector-focused DDoS attacks revealed dangerous activity across the region.

Find out which actors drove the shift and how their tactics evolved.

Europe’s latest threat activity

Threat actors continued to focus on the financial, legal, and manufacturing sectors, exploiting existing vulnerabilities and expanding their toolkits.
More than20,248 compromised accounts appeared on dark-web markets, significantly broadening Europe’s exposure surface.

Attack diversity

Both financially motivated and politically aligned groups remained active across the region. The most targeted countries by DDoS and hacktivist activity were Ukraine, France, Germany, and Italy. Names of key groups and deeper trend analysis are available in the report.

Initial access & credentials for sale

Initial access brokers listed multiple high-value organizations, including a 206 million-dollar-revenue company from Serbia’s marine shipping sector.
Leaked corporate credentials included thousands of SaaS and administrator accounts belonging to users in France, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Germany.

MuddyWater’s evolution

The APT group MuddyWater extended its operations from the Middle East into Europe and the United States. The group shifted from opportunistic RMM abuse to targeted spear-phishing and custom malware.

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