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Gen Q2/2025 Threat Report

10 FINDINGSPublished Jul 30, 2025
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Key Findings

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

ScamsSextortion

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

Scams

Breached emails increased by nearly 16% in Q2 2025.

Email

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

Remote access attack

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

ScamsFinancial scams

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

ScamsTechnical support scams

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

ScamsFinancial scams

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

Data breach

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

ScamsMalicious push notification

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

Scams