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Recent Statistics & Reports

Phishing attempts mimicking US retailers increased by 201% during the week before Thanksgiving (November 15-21) compared to the same week in October.

11/29/2025
Phishing US retailersThanksgiving

54% more phishing emails that spoofed well-known retailers like Macy’s, Walmart, and Target were observed in the week before Thanksgiving compared to the previous week.

11/29/2025
Phishing emailsUS retailersThanksgiving

80% of phishing attempts analyzed by Darktrace in 2024 impersonated Amazon.

11/29/2025
PhishingAmazon

Phishing attacks exploiting Black Friday increased by 620% in the weeks leading up to the holiday weekend.

11/29/2025
Black Friday phishing attack

27% of phishing emails observed in 2024 contained over 1,000 characters, indicating the use of generative AI in their creation.

11/29/2025
Phishing emailsGenAI

52% of organisations in North America and 43% of organisations in EMEA report having a formal policy for safe and secure use of AI in place.

3/4/2025

84% of cybersecurity professionals reported that they prefer solutions that don't require external data sharing.

3/4/2025

In December 2023, 58% of cybersecurity professionals listed ‘adding AI-powered security tools to supplement existing solutions’ as a top priority for their teams.

3/4/2025

56% of cybersecurity professionals admitted they do not fully understand the AI techniques used in their existing security stack

3/4/2025

60% of CISOs now feel prepared to defend against AI-powered cyber threats, an increase of 15% from 2024.

3/4/2025

Only 42% of cybersecurity professionals reported that they fully understand the types of AI in their current security stack.

3/4/2025

66% of cybersecurity professionals identified cloud security as a domain where cybersecurity professionals expect defensive AI to have the biggest impact in the future.

3/4/2025

Only 11% of cybersecurity professionals reported that they plan to increase cybersecurity staff in 2025, down from last year.

3/4/2025

At the end of 2023, over half of cybersecurity professionals (60%) reported feeling unprepared for the reality of AI-augmented cyber threats. Twelve months later, by the end of 2024, that number of cybersecurity professionals feeling unprepared had dropped to 45%.

3/4/2025

Only 45% of cybersecurity professionals report that they have a formal AI oversight and governance function.

3/4/2025

87% of cybersecurity professionals favour solutions that free up security teams to focus on proactive risk management.

3/4/2025

78% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) globally are seeing a significant impact from AI-powered cyber threats. This is up 5% from last year.

3/4/2025

87% of cybersecurity professionals indicated they prefer a platform approach over implementing a collection of point solutions.

3/4/2025

60% of CISOs reported they know exactly what AI types are used versus 10% of IT security analysts/operators and 14% of IT security administrators.

3/4/2025

Only 37% of cybersecurity professionals report that they regularly monitor or audit AI usage and outputs.

3/4/2025

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