For soccer players, the goal is the score; for threat actors, the score is the goal. That’s the concern as the US, Canada, and Mexico prepare to host the World Cup in June and July. With three different countries and a threat surface exacerbated by international conflict, cyberattackers are looking to take advantage. Evan Pena, founder and chief offensive security officer at Armadin, told IT Brew the uptick in media coverage of the tournament will bring more attention—and threats—to systems like ticket providers and other vendors. Combine that with the potential for hacktivism and other politically motivated cyberattacks, and you have a perfect storm for defenders. “There’s a lot of media coverage on this, and what that generally means for a threat actor is that there’s a lot of opportunity to lure [people] into different campaigns,” Pena said. Time to score.—EH | 
