India’s Escalating Ransomware Challenge: AI-Powered Threats and the Rise of Fewer, Stronger Cybercriminal Groups
India’s cyber threat landscape is entering a more aggressive and operationally mature phase, with ransomware attacks becoming faster, AI-assisted, and increasingly access-driven. According to Check Point’s India Threat Intelligence findings, organizations in India faced an average of 3,300 cyber-attacks per week over the last six months, significantly higher than the global average of 2,064 attacks per organization.
The latest threat intelligence data also shows that 92% of malicious files delivered in India came through web-based channels in the last month, while Information Disclosure vulnerabilities impacted nearly 74% of organizations. This signals a shift in attacker behavior, where threat actors are increasingly exploiting exposed infrastructure, compromised credentials, cloud access paths, and user-driven attack vectors rather than relying only on traditional phishing campaigns.
Against this backdrop, the global ransomware ecosystem is also undergoing a structural transformation. According to the State of Ransomware Q1 2026 report from Check Point Research, overall attack...
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