Attackers, after an initial compromise, look to remain inside a network for as long as possible. For this, they use different methods. Beaconing is one of the common techniques used to maintain this access. Beaconing activity can easily blend into normal traffic and can remain unnoticed for long periods. Therefore, it is important for IT and security teams to understand how beaconing works in order to effectively carry out beaconing detection and response.

The rapid expansion of connected devices has fundamentally changed how organisations operate. From smart sensors and industrial controllers to gateways, cameras, and embedded systems, IoT has become integral to modern business. Digital transformation is accelerating the adoption of IoT technologies, increasing the attack surface and making IoT security a critical component of modern cybersecurity strategies.

Account takeover prevention for credit unions has reached an inflection point. One concept underpins most modern failures: the timing gap, the period between a member engaging with a scam or impersonation interaction and the moment a security or fraud team becomes aware of risk. During this gap, access is often treated as legitimate even though compromise has already occurred.

Globally, schools and universities now face over 4,300 cyberattacks per week on average, marking a 40% year-over-year increase and making the education sector a prime target for disruptive DDoS attacks. Most educational institutions operate with lean IT teams responsible for infrastructure, user support, and security. This resource constraint makes it difficult to withstand prolonged or application-layer DDoS attacks that can quickly disrupt learning platforms and administrative systems.

According to the State of Application Security 2025, web applications faced a sharp rise in hostile traffic, with 4.8 billion attacks blocked and 1.52 billion DDoS incidents affecting nearly 70% of monitored applications. APIs became the primary target, seeing 388% more DDoS attacks per host than websites, signaling a shift toward precision, application-layer disruption.

Arctic Wolf entered 2025 with momentum and a clear focus: advancing security operations in ways that deliver measurable outcomes for organizations facing an increasingly complex threat environment. As the year comes to a close, we’re building on that momentum — strengthening our platform, expanding globally, and laying the foundation for what comes next in 2026.

Following Cyberint’s acquisition by Check Point at the end of 2024, we’ve only accelerated across our platform and services. This year-in-review highlights the biggest achievements of 2025, spanning AI innovation, huge advancements in threat intelligence, brand protection, and attack surface management, global coverage and most importantly customer impact.

Most people know the old fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf. Every day, the little shepherd would scream from the top of his hill, “A wolf is chasing the sheep!” While villagers initially responded to the alarm, they soon realized that the boy was lying to them. In the end, when a wolf truly did chase the sheep, no one heeded the boy’s cry.