CrowdStrike’s latest report exposes the European cyber threat ecosystem.

Key insights include:

Europe is a primary eCrime target:  22% 

of all victims on dedicated leak sites (DLSs) are Europe-based, and DLS entries rose 13% year-over-year

Big game hunting (BGH) ransomware dominated high-value sectors across the UK, Germany, Italy, France, and Spain

Fake CAPTCHAs surged, with over 1000 incidents impacting Europe-based customers in 2024 and 2025

SCATTERED SPIDER hit UK retailers and signaled increased creativity among Western eCrime actors

Nation-state threat actors targeted government, defence, energy, finance, academia, and technology across Europe

Hacktivism spiked around geopolitical flashpoints with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and hack-and-leak campaigns