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60% of the top 10 vulnerabilities had been actively exploited or had a publicly available exploit from less than two weeks after disclosure to a zero day.
4/17/2025•
VulnerabilitiesZero day
30% of the incidents X-Force responded to in 2024 involved the exploitation of public-facing applications.
4/17/2025•
Public-facing application
Early data from 2025 suggests an even greater increase of 180% of weekly infostealer volume compared to 2023.
4/17/2025•
Infostealer
The deployment of malware was the most observed action on objectives, making up 42% of cases.
4/17/2025•
Malware
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced the largest share of security incidents in 2024 at 34%.
4/17/2025•
APACSecurity incident
X-Force observed a decline in ransomware incidents overall for the third year.
4/17/2025•
RansomwareMalware
4 out of top 10 vulnerabilities most mentioned on the dark web are linked to sophisticated threat actors.
4/17/2025•
VulnerabilitiesSophisticated threat actorsDark web
Analysis of dark web data reveals listings of infostealer advertisements increased 12% in 2024 over the previous year.
4/17/2025•
InfostealerDark web
Of all PDFs used in malicious spam, 42% used obfuscated URLs, 28% hid their URLs in PDF streams, and 7% were delivered in an encrypted form along with a password.
4/17/2025•
Malicious spamPDFURL
Malicious ZIP and RAR attachments in phishing emails dropped by 70% and 45% respectively
4/17/2025•
PhishingMalicious ZIP
There was a 12% year-over-year increase of infostealer credentials for sale on the dark web.
4/17/2025•
InfostealerDark web
The percentage of companies integrating AI into at least one business function has dramatically increased to 72% in 2024, up 55% from the previous year.
4/17/2025•
AI
Credentials or data were stolen in nearly half of all cyberattacks.
4/17/2025•
CredentialsCredential theftData theft
Extortion following a ransom demand occurred in 12% of cases.
4/17/2025•
ExtortionRansomRansomware
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