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The Manufacturing sector was the prime target for email-based attacks in Q2 2025, accounting for 26% of all incidents.
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Legal or HR notices account for 5% in phishing emails.
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Urgency-based messaging is the second most tried approach in phishing emails, at 25%.
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Travel-themed messages account for 10% in phishing emails.
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For phishing delivery, the majority (54%) of cybercriminals leveraged open redirect mechanisms.
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Impersonation is the most common technique in BEC scams, with 82% of attempts targeting CEOs and executives.
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Travel-themed messages account for 10% in phishing emails.
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Legal or HR notices account for 5% in phishing emails.
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After CEOs and executives, the remaining BEC impersonation efforts are aimed at directors and managers (9%), HR personnel (4%), IT staff (3%), and school heads (2%).
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The use of URL shorteners accounts for 7% of phishing delivery.
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Swedish and Norwegian targets comprise a combined 19% of BEC targets.
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Among the unidentifiable phishing kits used by phishing sites, Tycoon 2FA accounts for 10%.
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The strategic use of Danish language in BEC scams is 11.9%.
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Among the unidentifiable phishing kits used by phishing sites, 16shop accounts for 7%.
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The most observed phishing exploitation mechanisms are HTTP POST to remote server accounting (52%) and email exfiltration (30%).
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58% of phishing sites now use unidentifiable phishing kits.
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Compromised websites are the second most prevalent link delivery method, at 30%.
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PDFs remain the preferred vehicle for delivering malicious attachments in phishing, at 64%.
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A significant portion of BEC targets are Danish, at 38%.
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Financial lures are the number one ploy in phishing emails, representing 35% of samples.
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