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Reports and publications from KnowBe4
From Agentic Risk to Human Win: Building a Culture of Security in the Era of Agentic AI
5/20/2026
Phishing Trends Threat Report
4/30/2026
Australia's Cybersecurity Paradox: Strong Defences, Weak Habits
3/10/2026
The State of Human Risk 2025
12/10/2025
KnowBe4 Uncovers Surged Abuse of Legitimate Platforms by Cybercriminals in 2025
10/29/2025
Navigating Cyber Threats Infosecurity Europe 2025 Findings
8/26/2025
Financial Sector Threats Report
8/21/2025
Q2 2025 KnowBe4 Simulated Phishing Roundup Report
7/17/2025
State and Local Cybersecurity: Facing New Burdens Amid Rising Threats
5/27/2025
2025 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report
5/13/2025
Recent Statistics & Reports
HTML attachments make up 82% of malicious email attachments in the education sector
3/1/2025•
PhishingEducation
According to the Malwarebytes report, 43% of all ransomware in education attacks in 2023 targeted higher education and 36% of attacks targeted K-12.
3/1/2025•
RansomwareEducation
The median time to click on a malicious link after the email is opened is 21 seconds.
3/1/2025•
PhishingEducation
The Highline Public School district has over 2,000 staff members and 17,500 students across 34 schools. All 34 schools were closed due to a ransomware attack.
3/1/2025•
RansomwareEducation
The Toronto District School Board data breach in September 2024 compromised data from 235,000 students across 582 schools.
3/1/2025•
Data breachEducation
For large organisations, the average Phish Prone Percentage (PPP) after one year of sustained training dropped to 4.9%.
3/1/2025•
PhishingEducationTraining
A hacker breached Mobile Guardian in August 2024 and remotely wiped data from at least 13,000 students’ iPads and Chromebooks.
3/1/2025•
Data lossEducation
Of confirmed data breaches examined by Verizon, 1,780 incidents (17%) were attacks against the education system, with 1,537 (14%) confirmed data disclosure.
3/1/2025•
Data breachEducation
The median time for users to fall for phishing emails is less than 60 seconds.
3/1/2025•
Phishing
Check Point Research placed the average number of weekly cyberattacks on educational institutions at 3,574 in 2024, a 75% increase from the previous year.
3/1/2025•
Cyber attackEducation
After one year or more of sustained training, the average Phish Prone Percentage (PPP) for small institutions dropped dramatically to 3.9%.
3/1/2025•
PhishingEducationTraining
In 2023, there was a staggering 105% increase in known ransomware attacks against K–12 and higher education, surging from 129 attacks in 2022 to 265 in 2023.
3/1/2025•
RansomwareEducation
In higher education specifically, ransomware attacks were up 70% over 2022.
3/1/2025•
RansomwareEducation
Some schools endure over 2,500 attempted cyberattacks a day.
3/1/2025•
Cyber attackEducation
More than 20% of users identified and reported phishing per engagement, including 11% of the users who did click the email.
3/1/2025•
Phishing
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