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2025 OPSWAT Threat Landscape Report

Global Cyberattack Trends Require Actionable Intelligence for Better Protection
  • 127% increase in multi-stage malware complexity
  • 1 in 14 files—initially deemed ‘safe’—proven to be malicious
  • 7.3% of OSINT files reclassified as malicious within 24 hours
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Key Insights From Over 890,000 Sandbox Scans in the Last 12 Months

As critical infrastructure, government systems, and enterprise networks face growing targeting from increasingly modular and evasive malware, the findings of this report spotlight the evolving adversary playbook and the need for integrated, multilayered solutions.

Cybersecurity leaders must now prioritize adaptability, shared intelligence, reassessing technology, and fast behavioral detection pipelines to protect systems from known threats, but also to keep pace with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and whatever is on the horizon.

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Malware Complexity
is Increasing

Malware complexity jumped 127% in six months, driven by multi‑stage execution chains and heavy obfuscation.

Adversaries Favor
Stealth Over Scale

Payloads hide in formats like .NET bitmaps and steganographic images, with Google services repurposed for covert C2.

Social Engineering
is Adapting

Tactics such as “ClickFix” (clipboard hijacking) are spreading across criminal and nation‑state campaigns.

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