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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Verizon

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Recent Statistics & Reports

93% of organizations reported that their employees use generative AI tools on mobile devices.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile Devices

75% of organizations increased their mobile security spending in the past year.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesBudgets

34% of organizations expressed concern that AI-powered attacks could significantly increase their risk exposure.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesAI

80% of organizations experienced phishing or smishing attempts targeting their staff.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesSmishing

50% of larger enterprises provide comprehensive AI risk training compared to 39% of small and medium-sized businesses.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesTraining

63% of organizations that experienced a cyber incident reported significant consequences due to downtime, an increase from 47% in 2024.

10/22/2025
Mobile SecurityMobile DevicesDowntime

In APAC, only 1% of threats are from internal actors, and North America, where internal threats account for just 5% of breaches.

4/23/2025
Insider threatAPACNorth America

Retail organisations have weathered a 15% increase in cyber incidents since 2024.

4/23/2025
Security incidentRetail

Manufacturing has experienced a dramatic, nearly sixfold surge in espionage-motivated breaches, jumping to 20% from just 3% last year.

4/23/2025
BreachEspionageManufacturing

There was a noticeable decrease in the median ransom amount paid.

4/23/2025
RansomwareRansom

Ransomware is now present in 44% of breaches.

4/23/2025
Ransomware

For organisations without the proper IT and cybersecurity maturity, often SMBs, ransomware is present in 88% of breaches

4/23/2025
RansomwareData breachMaturity

System intrusion breaches in EMEA surged to 53%, nearly doubling last year’s rate of 27%.

4/23/2025
System intrusionEMEA

Although EMEA experienced the highest percentage of breaches caused by internal actors, the number of insiders decreased by 41% in 2025.

4/23/2025
Insider threatEMEA

Within EMEA, 19% of breaches were attributed to unintentional mistakes, and 8% involved misuse.

4/23/2025
Insider threatEMEA

64% of victim organisations did not pay ransoms this year, compared to 50% two years ago.

4/23/2025
RansomwareRansom

Ransomware attacks rose by 37% since last year.

4/23/2025
Ransomware

Third-party involvement in breaches doubled to 30% in this year's report.

4/23/2025
BreachThird party

There was a 34% surge globally in vulnerability exploitation as an initial attack vector.

4/23/2025
VulnerabilitiesInitial attack vector

In EMEA, nearly a third (29%) of breaches originated from within the organisation.

4/23/2025
BreachInsider threatEMEA

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