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The median threat actor researched or used AI assistance in 15 different documented techniques, with some Actors leveraging as many as 40 or 50.
5/27/2026•
AI
Less than 2.5% of the AI-assisted malware observations involved less- common techniques with one or fewer known malware examples.
5/27/2026•
AI
31% of breaches now start with software vulnerabilities.
5/27/2026•
BreachesSoftware VulnerabilitiesInitial Attack Vector
48% of all breaches now involve ransomware.
5/27/2026•
BreachesRansomware
Breaches with third-party involvement have increased by 60%.
5/27/2026•
BreachesThird-Party Breach
69% of ransomware victims didn’t pay.
5/27/2026•
RansomwareRansom
Only 23% of third-party organizations fully remediated missing or improperly secured multifactor authentication (MFA) on their cloud accounts, with 50% of all findings being resolved within a month.
5/27/2026•
MFACloud
Human element was present in 62% of breaches
5/27/2026•
BreachesHuman Element
67% percent of users are using non-corporate accounts on their corporate devices to access AI services
5/27/2026•
AIShadow AI
Shadow AI is now the third most common non-malicious insider action detected in Verizon's data loss prevention (DLP) dataset in 2025
5/27/2026•
Shadow AIInsider Risk
The median time for full resolution of critical vulnerabilities went up to 43 days, almost two weeks more than the previous year’s 32 days.
5/27/2026•
Critical VulnerabilitiesVulnerability ManagementVulnerability Remediation
Only 26% of critical vulnerabilities were fully remediated by organizations in 2025, a drop from the previous year’s 38%.
5/27/2026•
Critical VulnerabilitiesVulnerability ManagementVulnerability Remediation
40% higher click rates make mobile devices the new favorite target.
5/27/2026•
Mobile Devices
64% of organizations identified data compromise through generative AI as their top mobile risk.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesGen AI
89% of organizations have a specific mobile security budget.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesBudgets
57% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) feel at a disadvantage compared to larger enterprises due to limited resources.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesSMBs
Only 17% of organizations have implemented specific security controls against AI-assisted attacks.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesAI
63% of organizations reported major operational disruptions due to downtime after a breach.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesDowntime
85% of organizations reported an increase in mobile device attacks in 2025.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile Devices
39% of organizations that ran smishing simulations reported that up to half their employees clicked on a malicious link.
10/22/2025•
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesSmishing
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