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Recent Statistics & Reports
Impersonation made up 82% of all BEC incidents in Q4 2025.
2/9/2026•
ImpersonationBusiness Email CompromiseBEC
In Q4 2025, Business Email Compromise accounted for 51% of all email fraud cases.
2/9/2026•
Business Email CompromiseBECEmail Fraud
Diversion tactics (fraudulent invoices, fake payroll requests) accounted for 18% of BEC incidents in Q4 2025.
2/9/2026•
Business Email CompromiseBECFraud
In Q4 2025, CEOs and senior executives accounted for 50% of impersonation-based BEC emails and 41% of total BEC incidents.
2/9/2026•
Executive TargetingImpersonationBusiness Email Compromise
In Q4 2025, callback phishing increased from 3% to 18% of all phishing incidents, a 500% spike.
2/9/2026•
PhishingCallback PhishingEmail Security
Callback phishing accounted for 16% of phishing attempts in Q1 2025.
4/28/2025•
EmailPhishing
SVG files are used in 34% of phishing attacks as favoured attachments.
4/28/2025•
EmailPhishingSVG
PDF attachments are used in 36% of phishing attacks as favoured attachments
4/28/2025•
EmailPhishingPDF
Link usage accounted for 75% of phishing attempts in Q1 2024.
4/28/2025•
EmailPhishing
Link usage dropped by 42% in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024.
4/28/2025•
EmailPhishing
Callback scams now account for nearly one in five attempts.
4/28/2025•
EmailScam
92% of the emails processed by VIPRE were spam.
4/28/2025•
EmailSpam