We've curated 5 cybersecurity statistics about IoT to help you understand how interconnected devices are shaping security challenges and practices in 2025, from smart home vulnerabilities to industrial IoT risks.
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The United States accounted for 54% of all IoT attack activity.
Manufacturing and Transportation sectors accounted for over 40% of total IoT malware attacks, with each sector representing 20.2% of all observed attacks.
Roughly 40% of blocked IoT transactions are linked to the Mirai malware family.
Healthcare organizations have 35% of their devices classified as extended IoT.
Financial services organizations have 35% of their devices classified as extended IoT.
24% of devices across organizations are classified as part of the extended IoT, including IoT, OT, and IoMT.
28% of business and tech leaders ranked attacks on connected products in their top three threats they are least prepared to address.
Cloud and connected product attacks are the top two cyber threats organisations feel least prepared to address.
Regarding Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems, 47% of leaders cite a lack of qualified personnel/skillsets and resources as a top three challenge.
Four new IT device types were added to the 2025 Forescout riskiest connected devices list: Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), Intelligent Platform Management Interfaces (IPMI), Firewalls, and Domain Controllers.
12 new device types were included on this year’s Forescout riskiest connected devices list.
This year, point of sale (PoS) systems made the list of riskiest IoT devices.
Artificial intelligence (AI - 95%), machine learning capabilities (93%), and Internet of Things (IoT - 89%) initiatives are among the most widely adopted emerging technologies over the past 12 months.