Cybercriminals’ Key Attack Vector is ‘Trust’, VIPRE’s Q4 2025 Email Threat Report Reveals

“The Q4 2025 data reveals a troubling evolution in the strategy being adopted by cybercriminals – the systematic weaponization of trust,” Usman Choudhary, General Manager, VIPRE Security Group, says. “Criminals are undoubtedly exploiting technical vulnerabilities, but they are also exploiting human confidence in the familiar – be that impersonating a trusted supervisor or executive, mimicking reputable companies and household brands, or hiding behind enterprise security protocols. They are targeting ‘trust’.