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A 100% increase in sextortion scams was observed in Q2 2025.
7/30/2025•
ScamsSextortion
Over 5,000 highly convincing fake pharmacy websites were uncovered (April-June 2025), scamming people seeking high-demand prescriptions.
7/30/2025•
Scams
Breached emails increased by nearly 16% in Q2 2025.
7/30/2025•
Email
A 62% rise in remote access attacks was noted in Q2 2025.
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Remote access attack
A 340% increase in financial scams was reported in Q2 2025.
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ScamsFinancial scams
14% of all blocked Facebook threats were linked to Technical Support Scams in Q2 2025.
7/30/2025•
ScamsTechnical support scams
The risk of being targeted by a financial scam increased 3-fold from April to June 2025.
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ScamsFinancial scams
There was a 21% growth in data breaches in Q2 2025.
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Data breach
There was a 317% spike in malicious push notifications in Q2 2025.
7/30/2025•
ScamsMalicious push notification
Over 5,000 highly convincing fake pharmacy websites were uncovered (April-June 2025), scamming people seeking high-demand prescriptions.
7/30/2025•
Scams
Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.
5/28/2025•
ScamPhishing
Phishing now makes up nearly 32% of all scam submissions to the Norton Genie scam detector platform.
5/28/2025•
ScamPhishing
There was a 36% increase in the number of data breaches faced by companies compared to the previous quarter.
5/28/2025•
Data breach
Individual breached records surged by more than 186%, revealing sensitive information such as passwords, emails, and credit card details.
5/28/2025•
BreachPersonal informationSensitive information
Generic scams accounted for 51% of reports submitted to the Norton Genie scam detector.
5/28/2025•
Scam
Fake Browser Update Scams grew to over 17 times the previous quarter's levels. This type of scam is a form of Scam-Yourself Attack that tricks people into installing malware under the guise of browser updates.
5/28/2025•
Scam
Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.
5/28/2025•
ScamPhishing
A CryptoCore campaign in early 2025, which leveraged deepfake videos, stole close to $4 million spread through more than 2,000 transactions
5/28/2025•
Deepfake