Gen Threat Report 2025

Keypoints

• Annual cybersecurity reports generally begin with a table of contents outlining main topics, followed by detailed sections analyzing specific threats, incidents, and trends observed during the reporting period.
• These reports often include key statistics, such as attack volume, growth percentages, and affected sectors, accompanied by infographics and case studies to illustrate the impact.
• Typical sections cover notable malware campaigns, emerging threat actors, vulnerabilities exploited, and advancements in both attack and defense technologies.
• The Gen Threat Report Q2/2025 features PharmaFraud, a cybercrime network operating over 5,000 fake pharmacies, causing significant data theft and financial loss—especially targeting medications like erectile dysfunction pills and antibiotics.
• FunkSec marks a shift with the first ransomware group using generative AI to accelerate attacks, demanding small ransoms yet impacting sensitive institutions such as schools and retail businesses.
• Facebook remains a key platform exploited by cybercriminals, witnessing a 340% increase in financial fraud and 14% of threats linked to tech support scams involving fake pop-ups and locked browsers.
• Critical statistics include 16 billion leaked credentials circulating, a 317% rise in malicious push notifications, and over 100 ransomware victims affected by AI-enhanced malware within three months.
• Recurring themes highlight the professionalization of cybercrime with global teams and branding, AI serving as a criminal co-pilot to speed up phishing and malware creation, and the persistent adaptability of cybercriminals despite takedowns.
• Reports emphasize global collaboration and technological innovation on the defender side, exemplified by the free decryptor developed for FunkSec’s ransomware and large-scale blocking of PharmaFraud attacks.
• Overall, these annual reports provide actionable insights into the evolving cybersecurity landscape, alerting organizations and individuals to emerging risks and defense strategies.