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Global Cyber Attacks Surge Amid Ransomware and AI Risks

First seen 11 Dec 2025, 13:51 UTC • Betanews

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In November 2025, organizations faced an average of 2,003 cyber-attacks per week, marking a 3% increase from October and a 4% rise from the previous year, according to Check Point Research. The surge is attributed to heightened ransomware activity and risks associated with generative AI tools integrated into organizational workflows.

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Attack Flow

9 entities, 12 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (2)

Phishing
Ransomware

Organization (1)

Education

Affected Platform (3)

ESXi
Linux
Windows

Threat Actor (3)

Akira
Clop
Qilin

Relationships

Akira uses Phishing
Akira uses Ransomware
Clop uses Phishing
Clop uses Ransomware
Qilin uses Phishing
Qilin uses Ransomware
Akira targets Education
Clop targets Education
Qilin targets Education
Akira related to ESXi
Akira related to Linux
Akira related to Windows

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Global Cyber Attacks Surge Amid Ransomware and AI Risks

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