Following the news that Adidas has disclosed it’s been hit by a cyber attack in which customers’ personal information has been stolen, Armis Co-Founder and CTO, Nadir Izrael, and Andy Norton, European Cyber Risk Officer, both at Armis, give their views.
Comment from Nadir Izrael, Co-Founder and CTO at Armis
“Attackers are evolving fast, using AI to supercharge phishing campaigns, automate exploits, and evade detection with alarming precision. In this environment, traditional defences simply cannot keep up. Legacy point products and siloed security solutions are putting security teams on the back foot, leaving them not only open to vulnerability exploits, but also forcing them into a reactive stance – addressing breaches only after the damage is done.”
Comment from Andy Norton, European Cyber Risk Officer at Armis
“These incidents highlight the increasingly high stakes in retail – a sector where even brief disruptions can lead to empty shelves, trigger panic buying, and cause wider supply chain issues. With sprawling digital supply chains, high volumes of customer data, and the need for always-on operations, retailers have become prime targets. In fact, 41% of retailers have seen an increase in threat activity over the last six months – and these threat actors will not be slowing down anytime soon.”
Primary data from Armis Labs
- 79% of retail organisations note that shifting to a more proactive cybersecurity posture to help prevent breaches from happening is a top goal for their organisation in the year ahead.
- Almost half (46%) of retail organisations say the complex regulatory ecosystem has overwhelmed their security teams.
- Almost half (49%) of retail organisations say their organisation was hacked previously and they have not managed to secure their ecosystem adequately.
- 82% of retail organisations say their employees know who to speak to if they notice suspicious cyber activity.
- Retail organisations note Anonymous, DarkSide and APT41 (Double Dragon) as the top three Advance Persistent Threat (APT) groups their organisation most fear the attacks of.
- 46% of retail organisations say their organisation typically detects and responds to a significant cyberattack as it occurs.
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