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Gen Q1/2025 Threat Report

8 FINDINGSPublished May 28, 2025
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Key Findings

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

BreachPersonal informationSensitive informationData exposure

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

Scam

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

Deepfake

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

Data breach

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.

Scam

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

ScamPhishing

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

ScamPhishing

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

ScamPhishing