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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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