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66% of incidents involve the supply chain or a third party, up from 45% in 2024.
2/22/2026•
Supply ChainThird-Party Risk
90% of ransomware incidents exploit firewalls through a CVE or a vulnerable account.
2/22/2026•
RansomwareFirewallCVE
The fastest ransomware case observed, involving Akira ransomware, takes just three hours from breach to encryption.
2/22/2026•
RansomwareBreachEncryption
11% of detected vulnerabilities have a known exploit.
2/22/2026•
VulnerabilitiesKnown ExploitExploit Risk
The most widely detected vulnerability is CVE-2013-2566, which dates to 2013.
2/22/2026•
VulnerabilitiesCVE-2013-2566
96% of incidents involving lateral movement end with the release of ransomware.
2/22/2026•
RansomwareLateral Movement
In 2025, malicious attachments were present in 18% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingMalwarePhishing Techniques
In 2025, the abuse of trusted, legitimate online platforms was noted in 10% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing Techniques
In 2025, the use of 'Blob URIs' was noted in 2% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing Techniques
In 2025, malicious QR codes were observed in 19% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingQR CodesPhishing Techniques
In 2025, 'ClickFix' social engineering techniques were used in 1% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing TechniquesSocial Engineering
In 2025, 90% of high-volume phishing campaigns utilized Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) kits.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing KitsPhishing-as-a-Service
In 2025, obfuscations to hide URLs from detection were seen in 48% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing TechniquesObfuscation
In late 2025, there were 10 million Mamba 2FA phishing attacks recorded.
1/13/2026•
Phishing2FA
In 2025, attacks bypassing multifactor authentication (MFA) were reported in 48% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingMFAMFA Bypass
In 2025, attacks leveraging generative AI were reported in 10% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingGenerative AI
In 2025, CAPTCHA was leveraged for added authenticity in 43% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing TechniquesCAPTCHA
In 2025, 'polymorphic' attacks that varied the email header, body, and destination were seen in 20% of phishing attacks.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing TechniquesPolymorphic
The number of known phishing kits doubled during 2025, reaching a significant increase in active use.
1/13/2026•
PhishingPhishing Kits
78% of organizations worldwide experienced an email security breach in the previous 12 months.
11/1/2025•
Email
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