Report by Hornetsecurity
Ransomware Impact Report 2025
Key Findings
Threat actors are diversifying their entry points, leading to 26% of ransomware incidents involving compromised endpoints.
Only 13% of ransomware victims paid the ransom in 2025, which is a decrease from 16.3% in 2024.
42% of security leaders admit that the training provided is still inadequate or too superficial.
77% of respondents view AI-driven phishing as a serious and emerging threat, up from 66.9 % in 2024.
In 2025, 24% of organizations reported being the victim of a ransomware attack (vs 18.6% reported in 2024).
46% of organizations report having ransomware insurance in 2025, a decrease from 54.6% in 2024.
62% of organizations now use immutable backups.
61% believe that AI has significantly increased the overall risk of ransomware attacks.
Phishing and email-based attacks dropped to 46% of all incidents in 2025, down from 52.3% in 2024.
Stolen credentials were involved in approximately 25% of ransomware attacks in 2025, up from an estimated 20% in 2024.
82% of organizations have implemented a Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan.
Exploited vulnerabilities also contributed to 12% of attacks in 2025.
74% of organizations report providing employee training to prevent ransomware, though this figure is a drop from 81.3 % in 2024.