We've curated 5 cybersecurity statistics about Latin America to help you understand how emerging threats and unique practices in the region are shaping the cybersecurity landscape in 2025.
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25% of surveyed business executives in Latin America reported their companies lost the equivalent of 10% or more of their revenues in the past year.
5% of digital account creation attempts from Latin American countries were suspected to be digital fraud in H1 2025.
34% of consumers in the surveyed Latin American countries reported being targeted by email, online, phone call, or text messaging fraud from February to May 2025.
Vishing was the most cited fraud scheme in the region, reported by 34% of targeted consumers in Latin America.
There was an 11% increase in the rate of suspected digital fraud for financial transaction attempts in analyzed Latin American countries between H1 2024 and H1 2025.
Nearly 6 in 10 domains in Latin America were completely exposed to bots.
Latin America had the highest share of protected websites against bots.
In Latin America, only 3.5% of websites were fully protected against bots.
In Latin America, 38.5% of websites were partially protected against bots.
North America accounts for nearly 90% of observed AI crawler traffic, receiving a heavy skew compared to other regions like Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Infostealer malware attacks have surged by 58% in Latin America.
Latin America is experiencing an average of 2,716 cyber attacks per week in the first half of 2025.
62% of malicious files in Latin America were delivered via email in the last 30 days.
The top malware list for Latin America includes 3 RATs, 2 Botnets (FakeUpdates, Androxgh0st), and 1 Downloader (FakeUpdates).
The weekly attack rate in Latin America is 39% higher than the global weekly average of 1,955 attacks.
Information disclosure is the most common vulnerability exploit type in Latin America, impacting 75% of organisations.
Industries facing the highest number of attacks in Latin America include government/military, healthcare, and communications, with weekly incidents ranging from over 3,800 to nearly 4,200.
In Latin America, 50% say they are prepared for software supply chain attacks.
36% of respondents in Africa and 42% in Latin America lack confidence in their country's ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.
36% of respondents in Africa and 42% in Latin America lack confidence in their country's ability to respond to major cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure.