"Fake text messages and fake phone calls are now 40 percent more effective than traditional email phishing. Meanwhile, traffic from AI bots is growing by 21 percent per month, while human web traffic has virtually stalled at 0.3 percent. These trends indicate attackers are moving beyond email and increasing automation. They also suggest that defenses must cover mobile social engineering and bot-driven activity to reduce successful intrusions."
Exploiting vulnerabilities has become the most common starting point for data breaches, accounting for over 31% of incidents. AI is reducing the time needed to exploit known vulnerabilities from months to hours, with further acceleration expected. Shadow AI is increasing inside organizations, with frequent use of unapproved AI tools rising from 15% to 45% in one year and becoming a major cause of non-malicious breaches. Supply chain involvement is growing, with external parties appearing in 48% of breaches and the share rising by 60%. Attackers are shifting to mobile channels, where fake texts and calls are 40% more effective than email phishing, while AI bot traffic grows 21% per month. Recommendations include faster patching, AI-enabled secure-by-design, and defense-in-depth to reduce attack surface.
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