Global cyber attacks up 48% as ransomware and phishing climb, Check Point finds

The dramatic rise in cyber attacks — averaging nearly 2,800 per organization per week — signals that threat actors are scaling operations faster than most organizations can defend against them. Ransomware groups like 'The Gentlemen' are exploiting unpatched systems and weak controls, while phishing campaigns leverage malicious links that bypass underprepared users. Compounding this, employees inadvertently exposing sensitive infrastructure details through Generative AI prompts creates new attack surfaces that organizations have not yet accounted for in their security policies. This convergence of escalating attack volume, social engineering, and emerging AI-related data leakage underscores that technical defenses alone are insufficient without strong human-layer controls.