Welcome to SOCRadar’s Europe Threat Landscape Report 2026!

Explore the evolving cyber threats shaping Europe with SOCRadar’s Europe Threat Landscape Report 2026. This report highlights how threat actors target European organizations through dark web data trade, access sales, ransomware campaigns, and phishing operations. With retail, e-commerce, finance, public administration, and digital services under pressure, Europe’s threat landscape shows a strong focus on stolen data, credential abuse, and fragmented ransomware activity.

Download the full report today to gain strategic visibility into cyber risks across Europe and strengthen your organization’s defenses.

Key Insights from Europe’s Cyber Threat Landscape

• Dark Web Activity Is Driven by Data Trade: Selling (66%) and sharing (29%) make up over 95% of dark web threat categories.
• Retail and E-Commerce Lead Dark Web Exposure: Retail Trade (14%) and Electronic Shopping (10%) account for nearly a quarter of dark web threats.
• France Leads Dark Web Targeting: France accounts for 23.76% of dark web threats, followed by the United Kingdom (11.07%) and Spain (10.74%).
• Stolen Data Is the Main Commodity: Data and database leaks represent nearly 70% of dark web threat types.
• Access Sales Create Follow-On Risk: Access listings account for 26.22%, often serving as entry points for ransomware or deeper compromise.
• The UK Dominates Ransomware Targeting: The United Kingdom accounts for 41.17% of ransomware threats in Europe.
• Ransomware Activity Is Highly Fragmented: Qilin leads at 16.8%, but 71.2% of activity comes from smaller or emerging groups.
• Finance and Banking Lead Phishing Attacks: Together, they account for nearly 25% of phishing activity.
• HTTPS Is Widely Used in Phishing: 89.1% of phishing pages use HTTPS, making the browser padlock unreliable as a trust signal.

Why This Report Matters

Europe’s cyber threat landscape shows that attackers use different methods depending on their objectives. Dark web activity focuses heavily on stolen data from consumer-facing sectors, ransomware operators prioritize high-value extortion targets, and phishing campaigns focus on finance, banking, government, and digital infrastructure.

This split means organizations need threat-specific visibility rather than a single regional risk model. Dark web monitoring, ransomware intelligence, phishing detection, and access security all play a key role in reducing exposure across Europe’s complex threat environment.

Take Action Now

• Dark Web Monitoring: Detect leaked data, credentials, and access listings targeting European organizations
• Ransomware Intelligence: Track Qilin, Akira, SafePay, and emerging ransomware groups
• Phishing Detection & Response: Identify HTTPS-based phishing, brand impersonation, and credential harvesting campaigns
• Access Security: Strengthen MFA, monitor exposed services, and reduce credential-based risk