Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETCISO App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. Cyble Inc.’s Annual Threat Landscape Report 2025 outlines a rapidly evolving cyber threat environment marked by increased use of artificial intelligence by threat actors, the continued prevalence of ransomware, and a rise in geopolitically motivated cyber activity. Threat actors refined extortion-only tactics, shifted affiliates across multiple ransomware-as-a-service platforms, and repeatedly targeted organizations perceived as likely to pay. Automated tooling enabled the creation of more convincing lures, faster vulnerability exploitation, and large-scale credential harvesting with limited human involvement.Hacktivist activity expanded during 2025, with cyber operations increasingly linked to geopolitical tensions.

Source: Economic Times January 17, 2026 12:17 UTC