Trellix, the company delivering the future of AI-powered cybersecurity, today issued The CyberThreat Report: April 2025, the latest research from the Trellix Advanced Research Center. The report investigates the cyberthreat landscape and the tools, techniques, and motivations of the most persistent and nefarious nation-state and cybercriminal actors. Notably, Trellix telemetry showed advanced persistent threat (APT) detections targeting the U.S. in Q1 2025 are 2.4 times or 136% higher than the level seen the prior quarter.

“The Trellix Advanced Research Center saw global threat detection volume from APT actors rise 45% alone from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 – the landscape is acute, and the escalation of actor activity and increasing complexity of attack chains shouldn’t be overlooked,” said John Fokker, Head of Threat Intelligence, Trellix. “Operational threat intelligence is just one ingredient to building resilience and outpacing bad actors. The current landscape demands a cybersecurity approach that can address multi-vector threats with defense in breadth.”