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Recent Statistics & Reports
Maori, a ransomware strain, had a prevention effectiveness rate of 41%.
8/11/2025•
RansomwareMaori
Infostealer malware has tripled in prevalence.
8/11/2025•
Infostealer
Attacks using valid credentials were successful 98% of the time.
8/11/2025•
Valid credentials
Logging coverage held steady at 54%.
8/11/2025•
Logging
BlackByte, a ransomware strain, had a prevention effectiveness rate of just 26%.
8/11/2025•
RansomwareBlackByte
BabLock, another ransomware strain, had a prevention effectiveness rate of 34%.
8/11/2025•
RansomwareBabLock
Discovery techniques like System Network Configuration Discovery and Process Discovery scored below 12% in prevention effectiveness.
8/11/2025•
Discovery techniques
Overall prevention effectiveness declined from 69% in 2024 to 62% in 2025.
8/11/2025•
Prevention
Only 14% of attacks generated alerts.
8/11/2025•
Cyber attacksAlerts
Data exfiltration attempts were only stopped 3% of the time in 2025. This is down from 9% in 2024, representing a 3x decrease.
8/11/2025•
Data exfiltration
In 46% of tested environments, at least one password hash was successfully cracked. This is an increase from 25% in 2024.
8/11/2025•
Password
93% of all malicious actions observed could be mapped to just 10 MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
2/1/2025
93% of all malicious actions observed could be mapped to just 10 MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
2/1/2025
25% of the malware examined showed behaviours related to T1555 (Credentials from Password Stores).
2/1/2025
On average, malware now executes 14 malicious actions.
2/1/2025
There has been a 3X increase in malware specifically targeting credential stores like password managers and browser-stored login data.
2/1/2025
Process Injection (T1055) has a prevalence rate of 31%.
2/1/2025
On average, malware now executes 14 malicious actions.
2/1/2025
25% of the malware examined showed behaviours related to T1555 (Credentials from Password Stores).
2/1/2025
Process Injection (T1055) has a prevalence rate of 31%.
2/1/2025
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