Impacted Domains: Reputation, Cyber
Impacted Industries: All Industries
Date: September 23, 2025

Cloud-based identity attacks, vendor breaches, and MFA bypass incidents have surged 160%, driving persistent ransomware losses across sectors (Ontinue 1H 2025 Threat Intelligence).

So What:
Surging credential abuse and compromised third-party connections expose organizations to customer data loss, operational shutdowns, and rapid erosion of trust. Identity-driven attack vectors are amplifying ransomware impact, overwhelming legacy controls, and raising reputational and regulatory exposure for unprepared firms.

Risk Value:
$9M–$55M for mid-size organizations, depending on data sensitivity and operational dependency.

Mitigation Cost:
$64K–$410K for small/mid-size firms to strengthen authentication, monitoring, and vendor oversight.

What to Do:

• Implement adaptive, risk-based authentication to strengthen access controls in real time.

• Use intelligent endpoint monitoring to detect and automatically block unauthorized device connections.

• Continuously monitor vendor risk through live breach intelligence integrated into third-party assessments.

• Conduct automated, intelligence-driven simulations to test defenses and proactively reveal gaps.

Risk AIQ Score: 8

🔗 Morningstar / PR Newswire: Ontinue 1H 2025 Threat Intelligence Report