In October 2025, the global cyber-threat landscape worsened dramatically. According to a recent report by Check Point Research (cited in the article TIInside covered), organizations worldwide faced on average 1,938 cyber-attacks per week — a 2 % increase from September and 5 % rise compared to October 2024. Check Point Blog+1
What is most alarming: publicly disclosed ransomware incidents jumped to 801 — marking a 48 % year-over-year increase. tiinside.com.br+1
This surge reveals one thing very clearly: traditional cybersecurity, which often relies on detection and manual response, is now dangerously inadequate.
What’s fueling the surge: ransomware and AI-enabled threats
Ransomware is back with a vengeance
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The flood of ransomware attacks in October 2025 was steep: 801 confirmed incidents globally.
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Threat actors such as the ransomware groups Qilin, Akira and Sinobi now account for nearly 40 % of reported attacks.
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Key sectors under heavy attack include manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, retail — even critical infrastructure and supply-chain providers.
AI and GenAI are amplifying the threat
According to the TIInside article, one of the big drivers behind the surge was the growing misuse of generative AI tools by cybercriminals.
Check Point’s research confirms this: for organizations using enterprise GenAI tools, 1 in every 44 AI prompts posed a high risk of sensitive data leakage.
In other words, attackers are no longer limited to “old school” phishing or malware. They leverage AI to automate reconnaissance, exploit sensitive data more efficiently, and scale attacks with speed and sophistication. This trend aligns with recent academic work showing that AI (for example, large language models) enables adversaries to locate exploitable flaws and craft individualized attack vectors at scale.
The net result: a threat environment where even cautious and well-managed organizations are at risk.
Why “Detect and Respond” is no longer sufficient
Many security teams still rely heavily on detection tools, reactive incident response, and manual containment. In a world where attacks are fast, automated, and often AI-driven, this reactive posture is too slow.
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By the time a detection alert triggers, ransomware may already have encrypted files, exfiltrated data, or spread laterally across the network.
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AI-powered exploits and GenAI-mediated data extraction can bypass conventional detection mechanisms altogether.
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The rising volume of attacks means security teams are overwhelmed, making timely response increasingly difficult — especially for small and mid-size businesses without large security operations centres.
In short: the “detect and respond” model is becoming obsolete.
The case for prevention-first: Isolation and Containment with AppGuard
That is where a prevention-first, proactive approach like what AppGuard offers becomes critical. AppGuard is not a reactive tool. For more than a decade, it has delivered proven endpoint protection by isolating untrusted processes and containing potential attacks before they execute — rather than waiting for detection and then responding.
With the current environment — where ransomware surges, GenAI expands attack surfaces, and new ransomware-as-a-service groups like Qilin, Akira and Sinobi emerge — containment is more reliable than detection. AppGuard’s “isolation and containment” paradigm effectively blocks unknown, zero-day, or AI-enhanced threats from executing arbitrary code, moving beyond signature-based detection and reactive remediation.
For businesses in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, supply-chain services, or any industry handling sensitive data, this shift isn’t optional. It is a necessity.
What business owners should do now
If your organization has not yet embraced prevention-first endpoint protection, now is the moment to act. Waiting until after an attack — even a minor one — may expose you to costly downtime, data theft, regulatory fines, reputational damage, or long-term loss of customer trust.
At CHIPS we take cybersecurity seriously. We are ready to help you evaluate whether AppGuard fits your environment, implement it properly, and integrate it into your overall risk management strategy.
Do not wait for the next headline about a massive breach. Instead, move your defense strategy from “Detect and Respond” to robust “Isolation and Containment.”
Contact us at CHIPS today to learn how AppGuard can protect your business from the ransomware and AI-driven attacks surging across the global threat landscape.
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