86% of education institutions permit students to use AI tools.

62% of students use AI for research.

Only 2% of education institutions have banned AI tools outright for students.

Drive-by compromise emerged as a prevalent initial access vector, with nearly 9.8 billion events blocked.

27% of respondents are concerned about AI-generated phishing.

27% of students use AI for completing assignments.

2% of education institutions ban AI tools entirely for students.

Comcast Business detected 4.7 billion phishing attempts, which specifically targeted human error and poor credential hygiene.

DDoS short bursts used as reconnaissance were also observed: 405 events in less than 5 minutes and 56 events in less than 10 seconds.

Comcast Business blocked 13M scanner-to-C2 transitions attempts.

74% of defense contractors lack data leakage protection.

Comcast Business blocked 2.5K mobile threat C2 attempts.

Of those who encountered a digital scam or cyberattack, 19% lost money.

36% of faculty express substantial worry about financial damage related to AI.

54% of schools have not experienced students creating harmful AI content (deepfakes of peers, etc.).

82% of education institutions said they feel at least “somewhat prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats.

Among faculty, adoption of AI tools is 91%.

2% of education institutions feel “not at all prepared” to handle AI-related cybersecurity threats over the next 1–2 years.

Only 14% of respondents trust global enterprises or brands with their identity data.

Only 32% of respondents reported not using AI in their own lives, down from 54% in 2024.