Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption, according to new research from NordStellar.
Hackers are shifting their focus from "breaking in" to "logging in," according to the 2026 Cloudflare Threat Report.
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