Breaking the Shadows: Financial Sector Threat Landscape H1 2025

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What's About:

Financial institutions face a unique threat landscape where criminal syndicates and state-backed actors converge. From cryptocurrency theft to payment system exploitation, the financial sector contends with both profit-driven attacks and geopolitically motivated campaigns that threaten global economic stability.

 

Some headlines: 

  • 15.5% of All Cyber Incidents are from Finance Sector
  • +170 Financial Sector Attacjs
  • 2x Threat Actor Types
  • 24/7 Attack Surface

 

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What you'll learn:

Dual Threat Landscape

Understand how financial services face both criminal and state-aligned adversaries, requiring defenses against profit-driven ransomware and geopolitically motivated campaigns.

Payment System Vulnerabilities

Discover how attackers exploit payment rails, cryptocurrency exchanges, and cross-border transaction systems for theft and manipulation.

Credential-Based Attacks

Learn about sophisticated social engineering tactics targeting financial institutions, from help-desk compromise to browser-based credential theft.

State-Backed Campaigns

Identify patterns in state-sponsored attacks like Lazarus' cryptocurrency theft operations and how they fund sanctions evasion.

Ransomware Impact

Understand why financial services experience persistent ransomware pressure and how double-extortion tactics threaten customer data and regulatory compliance.

Regulatory Implications

Explore how cyber incidents impact regulatory compliance, customer trust, and financial stability across global markets.

What's Inside

1

Financial Sector Threat Overview

Comprehensive analysis of threats targeting banks, payment processors, cryptocurrency exchanges, fintech companies, and insurance providers. Learn why financial services face unique pressure from both criminal and nation-state actors.

2

Key Threat Actors

Deep dive into groups targeting financial institutions including Lazarus, Qilin, Storm-1567, Scattered Spider, and other actors specializing in financial fraud, payment system compromise, and cryptocurrency theft.

3

Attack Vectors & Techniques

Analysis of common attack patterns including BEC (Business Email Compromise), payment fraud, credential stuffing, API exploitation, and sophisticated social engineering campaigns targeting financial employees.

4

Ransomware & Data Extortion

Detailed examination of ransomware attacks against financial institutions, including double-extortion tactics that threaten to expose sensitive customer data and violate regulatory requirements.

5

Case Studies & Incidents

Real-world examples including the Ping An Bank breach, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange attack, Nasdaq DDoS campaign, Cargills Bank compromise, and Cayman National data theft—with tactical breakdowns and lessons learned.

6

Defense Strategies & Predictions

Actionable recommendations for financial institutions including MFA enforcement, transaction monitoring, API security, employee training, and forward-looking predictions for emerging threats in the financial sector.

Breaking the Shadows: Financial Sector Threat Landscape H1 2025

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