Most EVs in DrainDead testing allowed indefinite battery siphoning with repeated session resets; only some (e.g. Volkswagen group) halted discharging after around 60 seconds

Hands-on-keyboard intrusions against financial institutions spiked 43% globally and 48% in North America over the past two years.

Organizations with weak NHI management are 22% more likely to experience financial theft.

WhiteSnake Stealer was the most widely observed infostealer family, accounting for 31.6% of all tracked output, followed by RedLine at 23.9%, Rhadamanthys at 17.1%, and StealC at 6.9%.

Human element was present in 62% of breaches

206 unique automotive vulnerabilities identified in Q4 2025, a 19% increase over Q3 2025

56% worry they remain exposed to known vulnerabilities, even as 86% say remediation is a critical part of their security strategy.

Germany increased to 8.74%, becoming the third largest adversary infrastructure hosting location and overtaking both Hong Kong (7.22%) and the Netherlands (6.51%).

An automotive parts marketplace database with over 7.7 million records was exposed via a misconfigured Elasticsearch instance in January 2026

Ethernet and Wi-Fi combined accounted for more than 18% of Q4 2025 automotive attack vectors

Organizations with over 5,000 employees manage almost 35 times more external assets than small enterprises with 51–250 employees.

71% of organizations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year.

Capital goods organisations experienced 1,192 ransomware attacks in the 12 months from March 2025.

56% of organizations remain concerned they are still exposed to known vulnerabilities that have not yet been remediated in their environments.

38% of publicly disclosed ransomware incidents were not attributed to any known group in Q1 2026.

100% of organizations grant security or compliance exceptions to allow high-risk digital work to proceed; 63% grant exceptions formally and 33.5% use informal workarounds.

Ultra-Fast Wireless Charging hack drew 76%+ of the power intended for a legitimate EV from inductive chargers

43% of CISOs report Employee Awareness Training is the top-ranked challenge for ransomware mitigation.

Q4 2025 automotive vulnerabilities span 64 unique CWEs

33% of law firm decision-makers cite IT budget and roadmap issues as their top challenge.