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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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