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Imagine this: You step into the office, open your laptop, and discover your company’s data is encrypted, your systems locked, and a ransom note flashing across your screen.
This nightmare recently became a grim reality for over 70 organizations across industries including finance, healthcare, and technology. A highly coordinated cyberattack, leveraging multiple threat vectors, exposed glaring weaknesses in enterprise defenses and sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity landscape.

The digital threat landscape in 2025 is becoming increasingly hostile. Among the most alarming developments is the 400% surge in PureRAT activity—an aggressive comeback of a once under-the-radar Remote Access Trojan (RAT). According to aggregated data from global threat intelligence firms and Digialert's internal telemetry, PureRAT infections have skyrocketed, signaling a new wave of cyberattacks that businesses cannot afford to ignore.

In the past 90 days alone, security teams have detected a 217% surge in cloud-based attacks targeting educational institutions. The latest threat actor making headlines? Storm-1977 - and their sophisticated techniques are bypassing traditional security measures at an alarming rate.