What are Cyber security attack trends?
The cyber security attack trend is the methods or techniques which hackers or attackers used most to attack on targets system, people or organizations. The trends changed over the time like depending on the technology, tools & current situations.
Top Cyber security attack trends in 2025:
- Ai powered attacks:
Hackers now days most commonly using Ai to create Malwares, fake videos, images and with help of Ai its fast to find weaknesses of the systems.
2. Ransomware attack:
Anyone can buy a readymade ransomeware and attack anyone. It’s easy to find and buy just to deliver to target.
3. Phishing attack with deep fake:
With the use of Ai it’s nowadays easy to make people fool by fake emails, videos, images using Ai.
4. Men in the middle attack (MiTM):
It is also now days known as Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM). It’s like creation of fake login page to steal infos even Multi factor authentications (MFA) protected accounts as well.
5. Zero day Exploit:
The hackers attack before even the company knows about that vulnerability.
What is Cyber security attack?
Cyber-attack is unauthorized attempt by hacker or attacker to damage, steal or try to gain access of systems, data or Networks.
Top Cyber security attack trends in 2025:
Here are few recent cyber-attack discuss in detail.
1. Zero day Breach attack:
- When it happened: This attack happens most recently in19 July 2025. Total 85 share point servers in 29 organizations compromised globally.
- What happened: Critical zero day vulanarbilty in Microsoft SharePoint server (CVE-2025-53770, CVSS 9.8) was exploited. The attackers use unauthorized code execution to take a control of system even before login. The hackers stole the machine keys to create payloads and gain persistent access using view state abuse.
- Why it matters: Attackers can totally bypass login & MFA protections. If machine keys are not cycled, even patched systems could remain susceptible. Because attackers imitate authentic SharePoint behavior, detection is challenging. National security risk that impacts both the government and global corporations.
- Recourse: The news is published on the website of “thehackernews.com”
2. Social Engineering & Phishing attack:
- When it happened: This attack happens in March 2024 but reported in July-30-2025.
- What happened: Facebook was used by hackers to advertise phony crypto currency trading apps. When people clicked on the advertisement, they were taken to rogue websites that imitated trustworthy platforms (like Trading View). The JSCEAL malware was installed on victims after they were duped into downloading fake installers. Malware functioned as a remote access Trojan and stole browser data, crypto currency wallets, and login passwords.
- Why it matters: Sensitive financial information was instantly stolen by attackers. Malware employed techniques for code obfuscation and anti-detection. Disseminated using Facebook ads, making it more broadly available and challenging to stop demonstrates how social media and other legitimate venues are misused to spread malware.
- Recourse: The news is published on the website of “thehackernews.com”
3. Adversary in the middle (AiTM) attack:
- When it happened: This attack believed to be active since feb 2024 but detected by MS in 2025. This attack is advance form of Men in the Middle Attack (MiTM).
- What happened: The Russian state-sponsored hacker collective Secret Blizzard compromised embassy network communications by gaining access to Russian Internet Service Providers (ISPs). They tricked victims into downloading malware masquerading as a Kaspersky update by rerouting them to phony captive portals, or login pages.
- Why it matters: This is verified ISP-level espionage. Moscow’s diplomatic missions, embassies, and sensitive institutions were the targets. Attackers were able to obtain private information for an extended period of time, which presented a significant risk to global diplomacy.
- Recourse: The news is published on the website of “bleepingcomputer.com”
4. Ransomware attack:
- When it happened: This attack believed to be occurred 2023 but detected publically in 21 July 2025. This attack is advance form of Men in the Middle Attack (MiTM). It happened in KNP (UK Transport Company)
- What happened: The Akira ransomware group’s hackers gained access to the computers, encrypted all firm data, and demanded a payment after guessing a weak employee password. The business was unable to bounce back and shut down entirely.
- Why it matters: The Company destroyed after several years and almost 700 employees lost jobs. All critical data lost. While business operations paralyzed.
- Recourse: The news is published on the website of “bbc.com”
5. Ai Powered attack: (WormGPT)
- When it happened: The wormGPT launched in March 2021 and sold publically in June 2023. FraudGPT launched and sold on dark web around July 2023. The recent attack happened with the help of Ai in 2025, used in CEO fraud (Europe).
- What happened: The malicious Ai chat bots were created and sold to the criminals. These tools can write malware, make phishing emails/messages and design fake website with the help of Ai. The bots were trained on malware related data and have no ethical restrictions. Hackers created realistic-looking spoof emails posing as managers or CEOs using an AI model dubbed WormGPT, a harmful tool similar to GPT. These emails were distributed to workers in businesses in an attempt to deceive them into transferring money urgently to the hacker’s account. Sharing private company’s information. It’s also known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack
- Why it matters: This shows how Ai is weaponized by the cyber criminals. With the help of Ai the hackers or attackers can create malicious malwares and can do phishing easily.
- Recourse: The news is published on the website of “trustwave.com”
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