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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%).

5/27/2026
Adversary InfrastructureGermanyHong Kong

Cobalt Strike accounted for 38.4% of all OST output (3,944 of 10,272 tracked OST instances), maintaining its position as the primary adversary framework.

5/27/2026
Cobalt StrikeOST

The most prevalent malware families observed in 2025 are Cobalt Strike, Sliver, Metasploit, Burp, PlugX, SuperShell C2, Havoc, Panda C2, Brute Ratel, and ShadowPad.

5/27/2026
Malware Cobalt StrikeSliver

Across 2025, 7,918 victim postings were observed on ransomware group data-leak sites (DLS) across 129 distinct threat actors sourced from ransomware.

5/27/2026
RansomwareData Leak SiteDLS

China hosted 42.3% of all tracked Cobalt Strike infrastructure, the US hosted 18.9%, and Hong Kong hosted 15.8%.

5/27/2026
Cobalt StrikeChinaUS

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%.

5/27/2026
Infostealer

In 2025, 27.89% of all adversary infrastructure tracked was hosted in the US, an increase from 23.63% in 2024.

5/27/2026
Adversary InfrastructureUS

China remained the second largest adversary infrastructure hosting location at 13.55%, down from 17.57% the previous year.

5/27/2026
Adversary InfrastructureChina

39% of financial organisations view remote and hybrid work practices as key security concerns.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionRemote workHybrid work

69% of financial organisation expressed worry over state-linked cyber actors such as Iran.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionState sponsored attacksIran

31% of financial organisations are turning to regional security partnerships to address the skills gap.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionTalentSkills

Fear of China-backed threats has fallen sharply from 80% to 57% among financial organisations.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionState sponsored attacksChina

81% of financial organisations express confidence in their ability to secure IT infrastructure.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionIT infrastructureUK

39% of financial organisations are turning to reskilling to address the skills gap.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionTalentSkills

39% of financial institutions reported heightened concerns around data privacy.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionData privacyUK

The average response time to ransomware attacks is 6.71 hours among financial institutions. Last year's average response time to ransomware attacks was 6.62 hours.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionRansomwareUK

More than half (52%) of financial organisations plan to outsource to address the skills gap.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionTalentSkills

63% of financial services firms will increase cyber security investment over the next year.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionInvestmentBudget

30% of financial organisations view incident detection capabilities as a high challenge.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionDetectionSecurity challenge

37% of financial institutions reported heightened concerns around the security of critical assets.

4/15/2025
Financial institutionCritical assetsUK

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