GuidePoint Security report sees 102% year-over-year increase in ransomware victims and a 56% surge in number of groups behind that type of cyberattack. A separate Armis study warns that AI is supercharging cyberwarfare of all varieties.
What you’ll learn:
- GuidePoint reports a high of 2,063 separate ransomware victims (a 102% increase) and some 70 active ransomware groups (a 55.5% spike and a new quarterly record).
- A 75% increase in actively exploited flaws compared to the same quarter, the first quarter, of 2024.
- 59% of observed ransomware victims in Q1 2025 were based in the U.S.
- According to Armis, 87% of IT decision-makers worry about cyberwarfare's impact on their organizations, a 34% increase over 2024.
