We've curated 13 cybersecurity statistics about Malicious traffic to help you understand how threats like botnets, DDoS attacks, and other nefarious activities are evolving in 2025. Stay informed to protect your network from these dangers!
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Malicious traffic surged nearly 20% from Q1 to Q2 2025.
Desktop-based threats targeting dating platforms declined by 16%.
Excluding U.S. traffic, the highest concentrations of fraud hubs are found in Brazil (over 11%), Great Britain (nearly 10%), Vietnam (over 6%), and Nigeria (9%).
Dating platforms experienced a 61% surge in mobile attacks.
The overall device distribution for dating platforms flipped from 55% desktop prevalence to just 39% desktop prevalence.
Overnight fraud surges were observed in Vietnam (38%), Mexico (38%), and India (36%).
Attack automation services targeting gaming increased from 15% to 25% of all gaming-related attacks.
The Roblox browser accounted for 18% of gaming attacks, indicating a platform-specific vulnerability
Sign-up fraud traffic in the Fintech sector escalated to 17 times the industry average.
Great Britain was responsible for 44% of attacks specifically targeting the Fintech sector.
The use of attack automation services increased from 31% to 36% of all attacks from Q1 to Q2 2025.
Average attack size grew by over 12% from Q1 to Q2 2025, demonstrating that attacks are becoming larger and more aggressive in scale.
Evening fraud attack peaks were observed in Pakistan (65%) and The Philippines (43%).