40% of affected small businesses say fraud hurts customer acquisition.

Among small businesses already targeted, 76% say AI was used in the attack.

51% of small business owners say payment platforms are "very responsible" for preventing and protecting against fraud.

30% of enterprises name AI governance and risk management as their top AI security challenge.

Vendor email compromise accounts for 61% of all business email compromise attacks.

Healthcare organizations are being hit by cyberattacks about every 10 hours.

Medical records sell for $250 to $1,000 each on illicit markets.

99% of organizations have formal incident response plans.

63% of organizations expect to embed AI as a baseline capability in day-to-day security operations by 2027.

Claude Opus 4.6 identified exploitable RCE vulnerabilities in 3 of 5 runs.

Phishing accounts for 58% of all attacks.

53% of enterprises operate AI agents autonomously for low-risk tasks while applying human review for higher-risk actions.

81% of fraud prevention, risk, and compliance professionals report an increase in mule-related activity over the past year.

The manufacturing sector experienced a 61% year-over-year surge in ransomware attacks in 2025, the sharpest growth of any industry.

50.8% of consumers assign responsibility for unauthorized or erroneous AI-driven purchases to the AI platform, 23.2% assign responsibility to the retailer or brand, and 18.7% accept personal responsibility

Third-party liability claims jumped 70% in 2025.

40% of CIOs use explainability mechanisms for AI.

48% of CIOs maintain AI audit trails and logging.

94% of CIOs report a cybersecurity skills shortage.

62% of CIOs say employees jeopardise data security through AI use.