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A 100% increase in sextortion scams was observed in Q2 2025.

Over 5,000 highly convincing fake pharmacy websites were uncovered (April-June 2025), scamming people seeking high-demand prescriptions.

Breached emails increased by nearly 16% in Q2 2025.

A 62% rise in remote access attacks was noted in Q2 2025.

A 340% increase in financial scams was reported in Q2 2025.

14% of all blocked Facebook threats were linked to Technical Support Scams in Q2 2025.

The risk of being targeted by a financial scam increased 3-fold from April to June 2025.

There was a 21% growth in data breaches in Q2 2025.

There was a 317% spike in malicious push notifications in Q2 2025.

Over 5,000 highly convincing fake pharmacy websites were uncovered (April-June 2025), scamming people seeking high-demand prescriptions.

Individual breached records surged by more than 186%, revealing sensitive information such as passwords, emails, and credit card details.

Generic scams accounted for 51% of reports submitted to the Norton Genie scam detector.

A CryptoCore campaign in early 2025, which leveraged deepfake videos, stole close to $4 million spread through more than 2,000 transactions

There was a 36% increase in the number of data breaches faced by companies compared to the previous quarter.

Fake Browser Update Scams grew to over 17 times the previous quarter's levels. This type of scam is a form of Scam-Yourself Attack that tricks people into installing malware under the guise of browser updates.

Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.

Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.

Phishing now makes up nearly 32% of all scam submissions to the Norton Genie scam detector platform.