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83% -- share of weaponized office documents containing qr code phishing for malicious Office documents (Barracuda Email Threats Report) (2025)
According to Barracuda's 2025 Email Threats Report, 83% of weaponized Office documents contain a hidden phishing QR code.
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83%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
670,000,000
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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95
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Barracuda Networks
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https://www.captaindns.com/en/blog/barracuda-secure-email-gateway ↗
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Published on June 17, 2026
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Barracuda Networks
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Barracuda 2025 Email Threats Report, based on nearly 670 million emails analyzed
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IndustryCybersecurity
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malicious Office documents (Barracuda Email Threats Report): 83% share of weaponized office documents containing qr code phishing. Source: Barracuda Networks (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/qr-phishing-office-docs-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/qr-phishing-office-docs-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>83%</strong> -- share of weaponized office documents containing qr code phishing for malicious Office documents (Barracuda Email Threats Report)<br><small>Source: Barracuda Networks (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/qr-phishing-office-docs-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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