Although the largest waves of attacks appear to have eased, Sweden continues to face a high volume of cyberattacks. In March, Swedish organisations experienced an average of 1,880 unique attacks per week — a 7 percent decline compared with the same month last year.
This level of activity is the lowest Sweden has seen since October 2025, but the drop looks more like a temporary stabilization than a long-term reduction in attacker capability. Check Point Research reports that cybercriminals keep adapting rapidly, shifting targets and techniques while recalibrating campaigns. At the same time, they are probing new attack paths as digital footprints expand and generative AI becomes more widespread — an evolution that has affected 91 percent of organisations that use generative AI regularly.
In Sweden, the healthcare sector has been hit hardest, followed by public agencies. Both sectors have climbed the national ranking and surpassed the telecommunications industry, which in March was the third most targeted sector.
Ransomware remains a major driver of cyber incidents and was one of the most prominent threats in March, with 672 publicly reported ransomware incidents worldwide. That figure represents an 8 percent decrease compared with March 2025 but a 7 percent increase from February 2026, indicating renewed momentum.
“The March figures may give the impression of a brief pause, but attackers have not withdrawn; they have altered tactics,” says Oskar Rödin, security expert at Check Point Software. “As generative AI becomes a commonplace workplace tool and ransomware groups maintain a high tempo, organisations must prepare for a constant, fast-changing threat landscape. The most resilient organisations are those that work proactively and systematically to prevent attacks and that deploy AI-driven defenses to stop threats early.”
Against this backdrop, Check Point emphasizes the need for a more proactive security posture. Organisations should implement structured preventive measures, ensure unified security across networks, cloud environments and users, and establish clear policies for the responsible use of AI tools within the business.
What this means for Swedish organisations is clear: strengthen security across networking, cloud and identity domains; adopt proactive risk management, monitoring and incident response; and integrate AI-aware defenses that can detect and block evolving threats. For managed service providers across the Nordics, there is an opportunity to expand offerings such as ransomware protection, AI security services, SOC monitoring and incident response to meet growing demand.
Risks include the rise of AI-driven attacks, persistent ransomware campaigns and an increasingly complex threat landscape. Opportunities lie in building stronger cyber resilience, improving security architecture and responding to higher demand for specialised cybersecurity services. Organisations that invest in prevention, continuous monitoring and AI-augmented security will be best positioned to manage the shifting threat environment.