In January–June 2025, Azerbaijan's State Service for Special Communications and Information Security detected 504 indicators of cyberattacks (IOCs) targeting state institutions, Azernews reports based on the agency's official data.

This reflects a 1.2% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

Of the identified cyberthreats:

• 198 were uncovered and neutralized through internal investigations;

• 306 were detected following incident reports from state institutions.

Despite the slight rise in overall attacks, June 2025 saw a notable decline, with only 51 cyberattack indicators identified-61% fewer than in June 2024.

The report also highlights large-scale efforts to block malicious digital content:

• 262.92 million malicious links were filtered on the AzStateNet network,

• 12.37 million were blocked via the central antivirus system used by end users,

• 61,482 malicious files were intercepted by the Sandbox protection system.

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