Annual Threat Landscape Report 2025
The 2025 threat landscape shows ransomware, hacktivism, and AI-enabled attacks continuing to scale despite global law enforcement disruptions.
Based on millions of observations across dark web and open web sources—spanning industries, regions, and sectors—this report reveals how attackers adapted, where defenses failed, and which threats are set to persist into 2026.
The Real Security Problem in 2025
Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs tracked nearly 10,000 confirmed incidents across ransomware attacks, data breaches, underground access sales, and hacktivist activity.
Across these incidents, one pattern stood out:
The Numbers That Defined 2025 Threat Landscape
Increase in ransomware attacks since 2020
Hacktivism sightings recorded globally in 2025
Vulnerabilities tracked in 2025 — averaging 127 new vulnerabilities per day
New ransomware strains identified in 2025
Organizations targeted by multiple threat actor groups in the same year
New ransomware groups emerged in 2025, alongside 27 new extortion groups
What This Report Gives You
This is not a trend list. It’s an evidence-based analysis of the threat landscape.
- Why ransomware survived arrests and takedowns
- How access brokers and stealer logs enabled repeat compromises
- Where hacktivism turned geopolitical conflict into infrastructure disruption
- How AI reduced attacker cost across phishing, malware, and extortion
- Which sectors were hit repeatedly — and why
If you’re responsible for security strategy, this report helps you prioritize what matters — before attackers do.
