34.5% of finance and cybersecurity leaders at enterprises cited misalignment between finance and security groups as a factor in a recent fraud or near miss.

Threat detection/escalation process (27.85%) was among the controls with the highest failure rates in enterprise fraud attacks.

Organizations are likely to make significant investments in generative AI to defend against social engineering attacks (31%).

NETSCOUT monitored more than 8 million DDoS attacks globally in the first half of 2025.

Only 13% of organizations are investing significantly in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).

A 1.5 Gpps DDoS attack occurred in the United States.

40.57% of respondents said email looking legitimate was a factor in fraudsters successfully bypassing enterprise systems.

29.19% of enterprises that experienced losses lost between $500K–$1M.

Only 27% of finance and cybersecurity leaders at enterprises said fraud prevention ownership is shared between finance and security teams.

The Iran-Israel conflict generated 279 DDoS attacks against Israel in June.

77% of small business leaders are concerned about phishing and impersonation scams powered by AI.

13% of small businesses believe they are less vulnerable to cyber attacks, despite the risks.

41% of organizations report a significantly higher volume of cyberattacks compared to 12 months ago.

Organizations are most likely to make significant investments in cyber resilience processes across the business (33%).

59% of organizations report an increasing difficulty for employees to discern real from not real.

Email and messaging security (44.6%) was among the controls with the highest failure rates in enterprise fraud attacks.

38% of students feel safer using biometric verification instead of passwords for online accounts, which is more than any other occupational demographic.

Keymous+ launched 73 DDoS attacks across 28 industry sectors in 23 countries since March.

NoName057(16) claimed more than 475 DDoS attacks in March alone. This was 337% more than the next most active group.

Approximately one-quarter (24%) of organizations say they are highly effective at implementing and using AI to enhance cybersecurity.