High-Tech Sector Overtakes Finance as Top Target for Cyber-Attacks, Mandiant Reports
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T1588.006Vulnerabilities
89%
"high - tech sector overtakes finance as top target for cyber - attacks, mandiant reports the high - tech sector was the most targeted industry for cyber - attacks in 2025, dethroning financial services as the primary focus of threat actors, according to mandiant ’ s latest incide…"
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T1486Data Encrypted for Impact
62%
"initial infection vector for the sixth - year running, comprising 32 % of mandiant investigations in 2025 in which an initial infection vector could be identified. meanwhile, voice phishing ( vishing ) surged to become the second most common initial infection vector ( 11 % ), ref…"
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T1204.004Malicious Copy and Paste
45%
"these cyber events affected organizations across 73 countries. out of the 91 incidents, mandiant investigated 35 campaigns and six global events. based on these investigations, mandiant observed that that the global median dwell time rose from 11 days in 2024 to 14 days in 2025. …"
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Summary
High tech was the most frequently targeted industry in Mandiant investigations in 2025, overtaking financial services which led in 2023 and 2024