Based on the first quarter data, areas most affected by cyberattacks are education, government and telecommunications
A worrying increase in cyberattacks worldwide was recorded in the first three months of 2025, with attacks reaching 1,925 incidents per organization/per week, recording an increase of 47% compared to the same period in 2024. It remained untouched: it increased 17% compared to the previous year, reaching 1,292 weekly attacks per organization.
Analyzing the first quarter of 2025, the areas – more affected by cyber attacks – are education, government and telecommunications. These areas are also vulnerable to our country because of their public nature and their dependence on digital infrastructure.
Check Point: Greece targeting digital crime with 1,292 weekly attacks per organization
Education, with 4,484 attacks per global organization, holds primacy in attacks. Following is the government sector with 2,678 attacks and telecommunications with 2,664. The intense digitization of these areas makes the data and services the valuable targets for attacks.
“The rapid increase in cyberspace attacks creates major challenges for businesses and organizations worldwide, as cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. The success of these attacks is mainly due to the increasing dependence of organizations on digital infrastructure, and the expansion of digital infrastructure,” The cyber security company says.
Target areas
Ransomware attacks have an explosive increase of 126%, with North America representing 62% of world cases. Europe, including Greece, records an average of 1,612 weekly attacks per organization, with an increase of 57% on an annual basis.
Our country, therefore, follows the trend of the European market, with the increase in growth being relatively milder than Africa (39%) and Latin America (108%). However, the challenge remains for Greek businesses, which see cyberattacks grow at significant speed.
The development of ransomware attacks significantly affects businesses in sectors, such as consumer goods and services, business services and industrial production. It is obvious that all organizations must strengthen their security systems to avoid the risk of such attacks, which are often accompanied by blackmail and ransom requirements.
Protection strategies
“Cyber ​​attack is not only a threat, which concerns large businesses or organizations, but also small and medium -sized enterprises, as well as the public sector. For the protection against increasing threats, the implementation of prevention strategies remains the most effective approach,” check Point.
As the cyber security company points out, enhancing infrastructure security, training workers to recognize malicious actions and adopting modern detection technologies are critical moves to address these threats.
Check Point Software’s strategy also includes the adoption of zero -confidence architectural confidence and enhancing the management of vulnerabilities to limit the exposure of organisms to attacks. In Greece, the cooperation of organizations with government authorities and cyber security experts is crucial to the protection of critical infrastructure and data.
Source: Skai
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