- Phishing incidents increased by 250%.
- Business Email Compromise attacks caused losses of $1.8 billion.?
- One of the main vectors of ransomware is malicious phishing emails.?
- About 80% of the worldwide email traffic is spam.?
- 91% of cyber-attacks come from email.?
- Social engineering attacks, including phishing, are linked to about 22% of cases of breaches.?
- Credentials and personal data are the types of data most compromised in phishing and social engineering breaches.?
- 65% of cybercriminal groups use spear phishing as the primary vector of infection.?
- Phishing is involved in 78% of cyber espionage incidents.?
- 48% of malicious files used in email phishing scams are Office files.?
- Attacks using Office files increased by 67%, while attacks using PDF decreased by 22%.?
- BEC’s top 5 email topics: Urgent, Request, Important, Payment, Attention.?
- 54% of IT and security leaders reported an increase in phishing attacks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.?
- The 10 most impersonated brands in email attacks: Microsoft, DHL, LinkedIn, Amazon, Rakuten, IKEA, Google, PayPal, Chase e Yahoo.?
- The 5 main sectors and industries attacked phishing scams: financial institutions, SaaS and webmail, payment, social networks, and e-commerce.
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