Flashpoint Releases Global Threat Intelligence Index: 2025 Midyear Edition 

Flashpoint just released its Global Threat Intelligence Index: 2025 Midyear Edition (Jan. 1-June 30, 2025). Flashpoint also has a companion blog here.

Serving as a companion to the Flashpoint 2025 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR), this mid-year update delivers new intelligence on the fast-moving trends, tools, and tactics shaping the volatile threat landscape. In the four months since the GTIR’s publication, Flashpoint has observed the following rapid escalations in threat activity in 2025, with these percentages reflecting growth since the beginning of the year:

  • The theft of credentials via information-stealing malware has skyrocketed by 800%.
  • Vulnerability disclosures increased by 246%, with publicly-available exploits rising by 179%.
  • Ransomware incidents rose by 179%.
  • Data breaches have surged by 235%.

This report and the companion blog post are very much worth your time to read if you’re responsible for defending your environment from threats.

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