Cyberattacks in Europe continue to rise sharply and reach new levels, according to Check Point’s Cyber Security Report 2026. Attacks against organizations in Europe increased significantly during 2025. The number of attacks per organization rose by 20 percent compared with the previous year, placing Europe among the regions with the fastest-growing threat activity.
The report finds that organizations worldwide were hit by an average of 1,968 cyberattacks per week during 2025, a 70 percent increase since 2023. Europe follows the same trend: attacks have grown both in number and in frequency. For Swedish organizations, this means daily exposure to intrusion attempts is increasing even when the organization is not a specific target.
Attackers are increasingly using AI to scale and refine established attack methods. The technology is used to automate reconnaissance of organizations, tailor social engineering content, and launch parallel attacks across multiple digital channels. The report also notes that 89 percent of organizations globally have encountered risky AI usage in their environments, raising exposure as AI tools become part of everyday work.
Attack methods themselves have evolved. Social engineering no longer relies primarily on email; it is coordinated across browsers, collaboration platforms, and phone systems. One rapidly growing technique is ClickFix, which the report says increased by 500 percent in 2025. In ClickFix attacks, users are persuaded to follow technical instructions that, in practice, give attackers access to systems. Because the victims perform actions inside legitimate systems, these attacks are difficult to distinguish from normal activity.
“We are now seeing how automation and AI change how cyberattacks are carried out in practice,” says Oskar Rödin, security expert at Check Point Software. “Attackers operate more systematically and with less dependence on individual actors, which creates new demands for how organizations build and monitor their fundamental security controls.”
The report also highlights that public-facing sectors are especially vulnerable. Globally, education, the public sector, and healthcare are among the most targeted industries. The same pattern appears in Sweden: the public sector experienced an average of 3,215 cyberattacks per organization per week in the most recent month reported, while healthcare averaged 2,789 attacks per organization per week.
For Swedish organizations, these figures mean intrusions can affect not only IT environments but also the organization’s ability to maintain essential services, Oskar Rödin warns.
For more information, consult Check Point Software’s blog and the Cyber Security Report 2026.