Darktrace Data Shows Increase in Malicious Emails & Evolving Phishing Tactics

Darktrace has published new stats from their threat research team which provide some interesting insights in relation to ongoing email and phishing threats.

Here are some of the things the team found:

  • The total number of malicious emails detected by Darktrace from January to May 2025 has increased significantly.
  • VIP phishing forms a notable proportion of phishing emails observed by Darktrace. 
  • QR code-based phishing emails have remained a consistent tactic.
  • The proportion of phishing emails containing a high text volume has noticeably increased.

Here is the blog post: http://www.darktrace.com/blog/2025-cyber-threat-landscape-darktraces-mid-year-review

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