Report by Darktrace

Annual Threat Report 2026

12 FINDINGSPublished Feb 26, 2026
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Key Findings

Docker environments accounted for 54.3% of honeypot targeting when measured by unique malicious IP addresses.

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Cloud SecurityContainer Security

Registered software vulnerabilities rose 20% in 2025.

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Software VulnerabilitiesVulnerabilities

70% of phishing emails pass DMARC authentication.

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Email SecurityAuthenticationDMARC

Large-text, long-form phishing messages increased from 27% to 33% year-over-year.

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PhishingEmail Security

QR code-based phishing attacks increased 28%, rising from 940,000 in 2024 to over 1.2 million in 2025.

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PhishingQR Code PhishingMobile Security

More than 1.6 million phishing emails rely on newly created domains for malicious activity.

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PhishingDomain Abuse

More than 8.2 million phishing emails targeted VIPs in 2025, representing over a quarter of all phishing activity that year.

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PhishingInsider RiskEmail Security

Novel social engineering phishing techniques increased from 32% to 38% year-over-year.

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Social EngineeringPhishing

Across cloud providers, Azure draws 43.5% of observed malware samples, Google Cloud Platform draws 33.2%, and Amazon Web Services draws 23.2%.

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Cloud SecurityMalwareAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformAmazon Web Services

94% of organizations worldwide rely on cloud computing.

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Cloud Adoption

32 million phishing emails were detected globally in 2025.

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PhishingEmail Security

Nearly 70% of incidents in the Americas began with stolen or misused accounts.

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Identity TheftStolen AccountsMisused AccountsAccess