The State of Ransomware in Q3 2025 blog.checkpoint.com/research/…
The ransomware landscape in Q3 2025 has reached a critical inflection point. Despite multiple law enforcement takedowns earlier in the year, ransomware attacks remain at historically high levels. Check Point Research tracked 1,592 new victims across 85 active extortion groups, marking a 25% increase year-over-year.
While major brands like RansomHub and 8Base have vanished, new and smaller threat actors have rapidly filled the void, fragmenting the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) market more than ever before.
