ZeroFox Intelligence Brief-Cyber Threats to the U.S. Elections

ZeroFox Intelligence Brief - Cyber Threats to the U.S. Elections

Product Serial: B-2024-10-03b

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In this Intelligence Brief, ZeroFox researchers provide an overview of the malicious actors, motivations, intents and threat vectors that make up the cyber threat landscape faced by the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.

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Executive Summary

The cyber threats posing risks to the U.S. presidential election to be held on November 5, 2024, illustrate the increasing interconnectivity of the cyber and geopolitical domains. There is substantial variance in the types of threat actors that demonstrate a level of perceived investment in the future U.S. leader, American political stability, or Western nations’ ability to maintain their democratic processes.

These threat actors are harnessing a more diverse arsenal than ever before—placing increasing strain on security teams to ensure the election remains transparent and trustworthy. Threat actors are using malicious tools to cause disruption or breach networks and steal data, either as a part of an espionage campaign or in pursuit of financially or ideologically motivated objectives. Legitimate tools are also being leveraged, with threat actors using social media platforms and online forums as vehicles to deliver payloads of mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM).

In the coming weeks, it is very likely that the tempo and potency of cyber activity that actively targets or otherwise exploits the election will increase. While this will likely culminate on November 5, malicious cyber activity will very likely continue for as long as associated elements remain sufficiently topical for use in malicious activities.

This report should be read in conjunction with ZeroFox’s Intelligence brief Physical Threats to the U.S. Election (B-2024-10-03c).