We've curated 4 cybersecurity statistics about Smishing to help you understand how this sneaky SMS phishing tactic is tricking users into revealing personal information and spreading malware in 2025.
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39% of organizations that ran smishing simulations reported that up to half their employees clicked on a malicious link.
80% of organizations experienced phishing or smishing attempts targeting their staff.
33% of leaders at financial services firms say they are unprepared to recover effectively from a Phishing or smishing campaign.
Among targeted consumers globally, the leading type of fraud reported was smishing (36%).
Only 27% of CISOs at enterprises simulate SMS phishing.
71% of CISOs at enterprises worry about SMS phishing (smishing).
Only 27% of enterprises test smishing.
43% of organizations are prepared for smishing.
59% of financial professionals cite SMS and phishing scams powered by AI to deceive victims.
Smishing has rapidly grown to comprise over two-thirds of mobile phishing attacks. Specifically, SMS/text based phishing (Smishing) is now 69.3% of all mishing attacks.
Smishing attacks grew by 22%.