Wireless vulnerabilities grew 20 times faster than conventional threats over the last 15 years.

Wireless vulnerability cumulative totals doubled every 2–4 years since 2014.

Wireless vulnerabilities have grown more than 230‑fold since 2010.

Wireless vulnerabilities increased by a combined 60% since the start of 2024.

Wi‑Fi accounted for over 60% of disclosed wireless CVEs.

Researchers discovered an average of 2.5 new wireless vulnerabilities per day in 2025.

Wireless CVEs increased from 4 reported CVEs in 2010 to 937 in 2025.

The industry experienced two consecutive years of cumulative wireless vulnerability growth exceeding 25% in 2024 and 2025.

Researchers disclosed 937 new wireless CVEs in 2025.

Only 2% of organizations in industrial and critical infrastructure environments use enterprise-grade authentication such as 802.1X.

68% of observed wireless networks in industrial and critical infrastructure environments operate without Management Frame Protection (MFP) despite using modern encryption.

Approximately 98% of observed wireless networks rely exclusively on Pre-Shared Key (PSK)–based authentication.