This year is shaping Cybersecurity 2025 up to be a crucial one for business owner data cybersecurity ? with artificial intelligence increasingly at the center of both defense and attack strategies. According to the report “The Easy Way In/Out: Securing The Artificial Future” by Trend Micro ? one of the main threats of 2025 will be represented by the so-called “ malicious digital twins”.
The analysis? presented during the #SecurityBarcamp ?
an annual event organized by Trend Micro and dedicated to cybersecurity challenges? highlights how cybercriminals will exploit AI to create increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and scams. Thanks to the use of Large Language Models (LLM) trained on stolen personal data? it will be possible to generate extremely realistic content that will perfectly imitate the language and behavior of users? making it more difficult to distinguish reality from fiction. This phenomenon could lead to a massive spread of personalized scams? as well as new models of attack on companies through fake employees and fictitious digital identities.
The #SecurityBarcamp saw the participation of Gianluca Galasso ?
Director of the Operations Service / CSIRT Italy? National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN)? Ivan Monti ? CISO Ansaldo ? David Neumarker? CISO Aruba SpA? as well as Alessio Agnello ? Technical Director Trend Micro Italy? Marco Balduzzi ? President No Hat and Technical gartner: customer service priorities and challenges Research Lead Trend Micro and Alessandro Fontana ? Country Manager Trend Micro Italy. The comparison highlighted the dual role of artificial intelligence: on the one hand? it can be used to strengthen IT defenses? but on the other? it constitutes a dangerous tool in the hands of cyber criminals.
The threats of 2025 will not be limited to bad digital twins. Advanced persistent threat ( APT) groups will continue to target the cloud and supply chains? while vulnerabilities in memory management systems and the automotive industry could expose businesses and consumers to unprecedented risks. Ransomware will also become increasingly sophisticated? locking down or encrypting sensitive files and data and demanding a ransom to restore them. In 2025? ransomware groups will use increasingly sophisticated methods? exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities and compromised accounts to infiltrate corporate systems.
At the same time? malvertising attacks will become more efficient
This technique uses malicious advertisements that? once clicked? can infect users’ devices with malware or redirect them to dangerous websites. Thanks to the data collected by infostealers? software that steals sensitive information? cybercriminals will be able to personalize fraudulent advertisements even more? increasing the success rate of these attacks.
To address these challenges? experts agree on the b2b reviews need to adopt a risk-based approach to security? leveraging AI to identify threats and mitigate risks in real time. Educating users on the growing pervasiveness of AI in the cybercriminal landscape becomes another key pillar? as does protecting AI environments from potential abuse and manipulation.
2025 promises to be a turning point for cybersecurity? where technological innovation and collaboration between the public and private sectors will be crucial to countering increasingly advanced and dangerous threats.