38% of Americans say recent legislation has made them less confident they are filing taxes correctly.

23% of adults under 45 report experiencing tax-related identity theft, compared with 4–5% of adults aged 55 and older.

Roughly 80% of adults under 35 say they feel confident they could detect a fake tax message, versus 66% of adults aged 65–74.

90% of Americans say they are taking steps to protect themselves this tax season.

31% of Americans use anti-malware or antivirus software.

56% of adults aged 18–24 avoid unknown links, versus 81% of adults aged 65 and older.

45% of adults aged 18–24 ignore unknown texts or calls, versus 77% of adults aged 65 and older.

17% of adults aged 18–24 use anti-malware protection, versus 50% of adults aged 65 and older.

Ransomware was the most costly type of cyber claim in 2025 with an average loss of $269,000.

Business Email Compromise and Funds Transfer Fraud accounted for 58% of cyber incidents.

Among 2025 funds transfer fraud claims, 52% originated from business email compromise.

Overall global claims frequency rose 3% year-over-year in 2025.

Businesses with more than $100 million in revenue faced a claims frequency five times higher than smaller organizations.

The median disclosure delay after detection is 73 days.

48% of organizations in industrial sectors identify security as their biggest networking challenge.

85% of organizations in industrial sectors expect AI to improve their cybersecurity posture.

61% of organizations in industrial sectors are deploying AI at scale.

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in-the-wild in 2025.

15 mobile zero-days were discovered in 2025.

48% of 2025’s zero-days targeted enterprise-grade technology.