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61% of Chief Information Security Officers believe AI has directly increased ransomware risk
11/22/2025•
AIRansomwareRansomware risk
68% of organizations invested in AI-powered protection capabilities in 2025
11/22/2025•
AI-powered protectionAI security
Malware email attacks surged by 131% year-over-year in 2025
11/22/2025•
MalwareMalware email attacks
77% of Chief Information Security Officers identified AI-generated phishing as a serious and emerging threat in 2025
11/22/2025•
AIAI-generated phishingPhishing
Phishing attacks rose by 21% in 2025
11/22/2025•
Phishing
Email scams increased by 34.7% in 2025
11/22/2025•
ScamsEmail scams
77% of respondents view AI-driven phishing as a serious and emerging threat, up from 66.9 % in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareAI-driven phishing
Phishing and email-based attacks dropped to 46% of all incidents in 2025, down from 52.3% in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwarePhishingEmail-based attacks
Only 13% of ransomware victims paid the ransom in 2025, which is a decrease from 16.3% in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareRansom
61% believe that AI has significantly increased the overall risk of ransomware attacks.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareAI
Stolen credentials were involved in approximately 25% of ransomware attacks in 2025, up from an estimated 20% in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareStolen credentials
82% of organizations have implemented a Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareDisaster Recovery Plan
Exploited vulnerabilities also contributed to 12% of attacks in 2025.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareExploited vulnerabilities
74% of organizations report providing employee training to prevent ransomware, though this figure is a drop from 81.3 % in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareEmployee training
Threat actors are diversifying their entry points, leading to 26% of ransomware incidents involving compromised endpoints.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareEndpoint
62% of organizations now use immutable backups.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareImmutable baackup
42% of security leaders admit that the training provided is still inadequate or too superficial.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareEmployee training
In 2025, 24% of organizations reported being the victim of a ransomware attack (vs 18.6% reported in 2024).
10/1/2025•
Ransomware
46% of organizations report having ransomware insurance in 2025, a decrease from 54.6% in 2024.
10/1/2025•
RansomwareRansomware insurance