VIPRE’s Q2 2025 Email Threat Landscape Report — produced by VIPRE’s Malware Research Group — paints a worrying picture: email threats aren’t just becoming more targeted, they’re getting personal. Things have been heading this way for a while now, but Q2 2025 was the period when social engineering became attackers’ unequivocal weapon of choice. To make matters worse, phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and malware campaigns are all becoming increasingly customized and regionally nuanced. Manufacturing and Retail Remain Under Siege For the sixth consecutive quarter, the manufacturing sector was the most targeted vertical for email-based threats, accounting for 26% of…
Mark Cabel
Mark Cabel
Mark leads the Malware Research Group at VIPRE Security Group. With over 15 years in cybersecurity, he specializes in malware analysis, threat intelligence, and reversing emerging threats. He loves to break things and find loopholes in anything from malware to cybersecurity defences.