More than a third (36%) of people have had at least one online account compromised due to weak or stolen passwords in the past year, according to new research by the FIDO Alliance.

Cloudflare has reported a record-breaking surge in DDoS attacks, mitigating 21.3 million attacks in 2024—a 358% year-over-year (YoY) increase—and already handling 20.5 million attacks in Q1 2025 alone.

The findings are revealed in a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Inflection Point: Global Implications of Scam Centres, Underground Banking and Illicit Online Marketplaces in Southeast Asia.

In Q1 2025, Microsoft maintained its position as the most targeted brand, accounting for 36% of all phishing attempts. Google surged to second place with 12%, while Apple remained in the top 3 with 8%.

Researchers unveiled a sophisticated new technique called command-line obfuscation that allows attackers to bypass traditional Antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions.

Compromised network edge devices accounted for initial compromise in 30% of incidents impacting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in 2024. VPN exploitation alone was the most frequent compromise point across all cases, at 19%.

Cyberattacks on the energy sector are rising due to geopolitical/tech factors. A July 2024 Sophos report found 67% of 275 surveyed energy/utility leaders experienced ransomware attacks in the last year.

Over three-fifths of US and British water and electricity firms were targeted by cyber-attacks in the past year, with a majority suffering serious disruption. 59% revealed that the attack had disrupted normal operations.

There’s been a notable shift in the types of threats targeting software developers, with a total of 17,954 open source malware packages identified in Q1 2025, according to Sonatype.

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a spike in suspicious login scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect gateways, with nearly 24,000 unique IP addresses attempting to access these portals.