We track the most impactful global cybersecurity trends, including cyber attacks, exploits, malware, and threat actors from 2025. Know where and how to focus your defenses.
Threats to critical infrastructure, government, and specific vertical industries using OT technology are increasing. See where.
Attacks in 2025
Threat Actor Groups
YoY Increase in Web App Attacks
Surge in OT Protocol Attacks
Attacks Are More Distributed Now
The top 10 countries of origin account for 61% of all attacks — which is down 22% from 2024.
Countries appear in this dataset because:
Primary attack methods for web applications are vulnerability exploitation and scanning. It is now the dominant target by a wide margin.
Threat actor counts increased most in 2025 in:
Rapid Growth in Network infrastructure
Firewalls, routers, and VPN appliances at a four-year surge:
The United States remains the most targeted. India ranked second, followed by Germany. Threat actors were associated with 45 origin countries in 2025. The largest share of actor groups was associated with China (210), Russia (112), and Iran (55).
OT Security Attacks: Modbus Dominates
OT attacks surged 84% in 2025. Here are the top protocols OT system attackers focus on:
Compared to 2024, RATs increased from 27% to 35%. Infostealers moved from 29% to 35%.
Downloaders expanded, rising from 4% to 11% in 2025.
The “Others” category includes cryptominers, ransomware, worms, and other malware families.
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