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We've curated 92 cybersecurity statistics about Email security to help you understand how phishing attacks, malware, and advanced authentication practices are evolving in 2025, ensuring your communications remain safe from emerging threats.

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57% of desk-based workers who use email or chat say AI makes phishing harder to spot because it feels more professional.

Sagiss5/27/2026
PhishingAI Phishing

56% of breached healthcare organizations had permissive or missing SPF records (9% missing, 46% soft fail).

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

31% of breached Microsoft 365 healthcare organizations were classified as High Risk.

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

AI-generated spear phishing increased from 2.8% to 13.9% of total observed phishing in 2025.

AegisAI5/27/2026
PhishingSpear Phishing

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

McAfee5/27/2026
ConsumerUS

51% of banking executives report a significant email-based breach in the past year.

Integris5/27/2026
BankingEmail Breach

AI-generated emails are 75% more effective at evading traditional email filters.

AegisAI5/27/2026
Email FiltersAI Attacks

AI-generated email attacks grew 5x in 2025.

AegisAI5/27/2026
AI AttacksPhishing

Microsoft 365 is adopted by approximately 79% of healthcare organizations.

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

74% of breached healthcare organizations lacked effective DMARC enforcement (41% missing entirely, 33% monitor-only).

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

53% of email-related healthcare breaches occurred on Microsoft 365.

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

More than 8.2 million phishing emails targeted VIPs in 2025, representing over a quarter of all phishing activity that year.

Darktrace5/27/2026
PhishingInsider Risk

32 million phishing emails were detected globally in 2025.

Darktrace5/27/2026
Phishing

Large-text, long-form phishing messages increased from 27% to 33% year-over-year.

Darktrace5/27/2026
Phishing

70% of phishing emails pass DMARC authentication.

Darktrace5/27/2026
AuthenticationDMARC

41% of breached healthcare organizations fell into a high-risk category based on their email configuration, up from 31% in 2024.

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

170 email-related healthcare breaches occured in 2025.

Paubox5/27/2026
HealthcareEmail Risk

Nearly one-third of all healthcare email incidents were attributed to vendor and business associate email exposure, making it the most frequent attack pattern.

Paubox2/9/2026
HealthcareEmail Attack

Abuse of legitimate remote access tools increased by 900% by volume.

Cofense2/9/2026
Remote Access ToolsPhishing

Credential phishing campaigns using .es domains increase 51 times year-over-year, with the .es top-level domain jumping from the 56th to the 3rd most-abused TLD.

Cofense2/9/2026
PhishingDomain Abuse