Reports of stolen birth certificates spiked 612 percentage points.

70% of users still strongly prefer interacting with humans over AI agents.

Legitimate players typically register around 6 p.m. in the iGaming industry.

The deposit stage is now the most targeted point in the user journey, with 41.9% of iGaming operators citing it as the primary fraud flashpoint. Other vulnerable stages include withdrawals: 22.9% and in-game activity: 11.4%.

iGaming operators cited the top threats as: Identity fraud: 64.8%, Money laundering: 64.8%, Bonus abuse: 63.8%, Payments fraud: 31.4%, Account takeovers: 23.8%.

44.7% of respondents cited phishing/social engineering as a top concerning threat.

37% of respondents cited software vulnerabilities and zero-days as a top concerning threat.

35% of respondents cited ransomware as a top concerning threat.

Attempted misuse largely involved financial accounts (85%).

In the U.S., 63.5% (14% points above the average) of respondents stated the cybersecurity skills gap within their organization has worsened over the past 12 months.

Nearly 72% of Americans are either “somewhat,” “very,” or “extremely” interested in AI-powered fraud detection tools.

Improving cybersecurity is a top priority for 54% of state and local government IT leaders for the current fiscal year. This is seen as a higher priority than modernising legacy systems.

When it comes to challenges faced by government IT leaders in using private sector innovations, cybersecurity concerns are the most often cited barrier, mentioned by 39%.

A significant concern regarding AI is cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated due to AI, noted by 82% of state and local government IT leaders.

Only 12% of companies feel "completely prepared" to address the global patchwork of data privacy laws.

Synthetic identity document fraud increased by 311% in North America compared to Q1 2024, making it the region's most alarming growth vector.

Insurance companies saw a +475% increase in synthetic voice attacks in 2024.

Sweden experienced 2.5 times more DDoS attacks year-on-year.

Overall fraud attempts increased by +26% in 2024, which exceeded Pindrop's projected 4% rise.

Increase in Largest Volumetric Assault (2024 vs. 2023): 63%.