89% of schools experienced at least one cyber incident in the past year, primarily phishing, unauthorized access, and malware.

Malware email attacks surged by 131% year-over-year in 2025

Malware and ransomware accounted for 51% of all cyber insurance claims in 2024, up from 32% in 2023.

Roughly 40% of blocked IoT transactions are linked to the Mirai malware family.

There was a 67% year-over-year increase in Android malware transactions.

44% of Gen Z households reported malware infections.

44% of Gen Z parents report their child or family experiencing malware or a virus from downloads.

35% of companies have experienced autonomous and mutating malware attacks.

Vulnerability exploitation led to malware deployment as a follow-up activity in 68% of cases.

Email remained the top vector for delivering malware, accounting for 61% of threats caught by HP Sure Click in Q2 2025. This was a 1 percentage point drop compared to Q1 2025.

In Q2 2025, 13% of malicious emails (phishing, malware, etc.) were not blocked by the email gateway security system. This is 1 percentage point higher than in Q1 2025.

1 in 14 files, initially deemed 'safe' by legacy systems, were proven to be malicious

There has been a 127% rise in malware complexity.

Malware was identified as the second most trafficked threat category.

Subscription prices for generative AI tools like FraudGPT and WormGPT, marketed for illicit uses such as phishing and malware creation, start for as little as $200 per month.

20.3% of respondents view AI-powered malware as an extremely significant risk. This concern for AI-powered malware climbs to 25% among senior management, compared to just 15% of middle management.

The most common cybersecurity threats reported include malware (44%) and AI-powered exploits (28%).

77% of transportation and logistics organizations cited ransomware and malware threats as their top network security concern.

Malware remains the top attack type, holding this position since 2021.

Over 40% of malware detected in 2024 was newly observed.