North America accounted for 63.1% of all network-layer DDoS attacks globally, followed by the Middle East (16.1%) and Europe (13.7%).

Europe accounted for 48.4% of all claimed hacktivist attacks, compared with the Middle East (17.7%) and Asia (17.5%).

Fraud rates dropped in Europe by 14.6% and in North America by 5.5%, while increasing by 9.3% in Africa, 16.4% in APAC, and 19.8% in the Middle East.

Cyberespionage campaigns constituted 2.5% of all reported cyber incidents in the EU in 2024.

Cybercrime operators accounted for approximately 16% of cyber incidents in the EU in 2024.

Hacktivists were responsible for nearly 63% of cyber incidents in the EU in 2024.

38% of all reported cyber incidents in the EU in 2024 targeted the public administration sector.

Chinese state-sponsored adversaries targeted industries in 11 countries in 2025

European organizations accounted for nearly 22% of global ransomware and extortion victims in 2025

69% of cyber incidents in 2024 targeted central governments in the EU.

60% of all reported cyber incidents in 2024 were Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks.

Ransomware deployment speed increased by 48% as observed in 2025

260 initial access brokers advertised to over 1,400 European organizations in 2025

Since January 1, 2024, more than 2,100 victims across Europe were named on extortion leak sites

Data breaches accounted for 17.4% of cyber incidents affecting public administration in the EU in 2024.

92% of ransomware cases in Europe involved file encryption and data theft in 2025

32% of professionals expect regulatory complexity and global compliance risks to be major concerns in 2026.

45% of professionals indicated they will be hiring for more digital trust roles in 2026 than in 2025.

Only 12% of professionals reported having a strong talent pipeline for digital trust roles.

61% of professionals identified AI and machine learning as top technology priorities for 2026.