Email-based BEC attacks surged 70% year-over-year.

Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) tracked one malicious email every 42 seconds in 2024. Many of these were part of polymorphic phishing attacks.

Global Financial Services firms saw an 18% uplift in automated bot attacks.

In North America, only 8% of respondents report security is “always” a factor in purchasing decisions.

Ransom payment values declined by 35%.

While 99% of organizations experienced incidents tied to human error, the vast majority stated they struggle to implement effective, scalable SAT programs.

37% of members aged 55+ feel confident in credit union security.

There was a 15% decrease in global bot attacks in 2024.

Over 90% of manufacturing and automotive leaders display a chronic lack of faith in current AI-based cybersecurity.

99% of organizations see value in using AI to support automatically generating training campaigns and workflows.

72% of credit union members said they'd be more likely to trust and adopt an identity protection product if it came from their credit union rather than a third-party provider.

In the Asia Pacific region, 33% of respondents report security is “always” a factor in purchasing decisions.

Security training reduces global phishing click rates by 86%.

Nearly all of the organizations surveyed (99%) are in favour of including AI in future SAT tools and workflows.

More than half (53%) of respondents agreed that the effort required to run their current SAT tools outweighs their impact.

The global PPP fell by a total of 86% after 12 months of ongoing security training.

Scams, including authorized push payment (APP) fraud, represent 11% of cases. This is down from 16% of cases in 2023.

Globally, the top three most at-risk industries with the highest baseline PPP were Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals (41.9%), Insurance (39.2%), and Retail & Wholesale (36.5%).

The attack rate on Communication, Mobile and Media (CMM) companies increased by 15% year on year.

Organizations with 10,000+ employees showed a global baseline PPP of 40.5%.