Report: Phishing Has Surged 400% Year-Over-Year
KnowBe4, December 10,2025
Researchers at SpyCloud have observed a 400% year-over-year increase in successful phishing attacks, with a disproportionate number of attacks targeting corporate accounts
'The company tracked a 400% year-over-year increase in successfully phished identities, with nearly 40% of the 28+ million recaptured phished records containing a business email address - compared to just 11.5% in recaptured malware data,' the researchers write. 'The result is a warning to enterprises that their workforce is three times more likely to be targeted with phishing attacks than infostealer malware.'