Phishing
Email security statistics, phishing attack trends, user awareness metrics, and defense effectiveness data.
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82% of the top 20 clicked links in simulated phishing emails came from internally themed simulations between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025.
In 2025, cybercriminals increased their abuse of legitimate platforms like QuickBooks, Zoom, SharePoint, and PayPal by 67% year-to-date.
25% of the top 20 attachments opened in simulated phishing emails were Word documents.
45% of the top 10 most-clicked simulated phishing emails referenced HR between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025.
19% of the top 20 attachments opened in simulated phishing emails were HTML files.
AI-powered phishing campaigns achieve a 54% click-through rate, over four times higher than traditional phishing.
28% of breaches in 2025 were initiated through phishing or social engineering.
57% of organizations in the U.K. and Singapore expressed concern about social engineering tactics
57% of French organizations reported the greatest concern about AI-enabled threats, compared to an average of 45% across geographies
50% of senior decision-makers reported concern about AI-generated phishing emails, compared to 40% of junior management
45% of victims reported that phishing was the initial point of compromise in ransomware attacks
67% of people are concerned about their older loved ones falling for a suspicious email or text scam offering a sale or deal.
26% of scam victims reported phishing.
Monitoring and mitigating phishing attacks consumes 9.6% of Managed Service Provider (MSP) technician time.
Nearly a third of leaders at financial services firms admit they are not fully confident employees could recognize an AI-driven phishing or social engineering threat.
33% of leaders at financial services firms say they are unprepared to recover effectively from a Phishing or smishing campaign.
46% of extortion targets agree 'I’m more likely to click a link on my phone than on my laptop'.
52% of extortion victims agree 'I’m more likely to click a link on my phone than on my laptop'.
40% of Gen Z households reported phishing attempts.
Phishing was reported by 34% of targeted consumers as a leading type of fraud experienced.