Mishing activity peaked in August 2024, with over 1,000 daily attack records.

96% of phishing emails detected by Darktrace / EMAIL utilized existing domains rather than registering new ones.

Darktrace detected over 2.7 million emails with multistage payloads.

The gaming industry accounted for 34% of all DDoS attacks, making it the most targeted sector. However, attacks on the gaming industry were 31% fewer compared to Q1-Q2 2024.

The financial services sector experienced a significant increase in DDoS attacks, accounting for 26% of all DDoS attacks, up from 12% in the previous period. This represents a 117% increase in the number of attacks.

Only 33% of companies have automated fraud prevention systems in place.

Indonesia showed a growth in application-layer attacks at 8%

97% of executives believe their teams can identify advanced fraud tactics.

29% of school systems report increases in student-to-student security incidents.

70% of school administrators identify AI as a growing security consideration, but only 9% currently have formal vetting procedures for AI in edtech products.

Over 60% of people remained overly confident in their deepfake detection skills, regardless of their accuracy.

Only 11% of people critically analyse the source and context of information to determine if it’s a deepfake.

30% of 55-64 year olds and 39% of those aged 65+ had never even heard of deepfakes.

SonicWall identified 210,258 never-before-seen malware variants, averaging 637 new threats daily.

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks rose by 452%.

37% of reported security challenges in production APIs were due to vulnerabilities, such as injection attacks and Broken Object-Level Authorization (BOLA), 34% due to sensitive data exposure, and 29% due to API authentication weaknesses.

43% of organisations now manage up to 100 APIs, while 34% oversee between 101 and 500 APIs daily.

62% of IT decision-makers and influencers from Federal, State, Local, and Education sectors cited data privacy and security concerns as a top challenge in their digital transformation journey.

23% of UK public sector IT professionals cite budget constraints as the most significant obstacle to maintaining or improving IT security.

22% of respondents said they are unprepared to move ahead with zero trust due to a lack of resources and skills.