In 2024, the majority of detected phishing e-mails targeted organizational assets. According to research of 386,000 phishing e-mails, 65 percent of sent phishing e-mails targeted organizational assets. Additionally, 35 percent of the phishing e-mails were directed toward personal assets.
In 2024, over 193,000 individuals in the United States reported encountering phishing attacks. This figure had decreased compared to the previous year, when the number of phishing attacks nationwide amounted to nearly 300,000. However, in 2020 and 2019, this number was relatively low, around 241 thousand and 114 thousand, respectively.
In the fourth quarter of 2024, companies worldwide paid, on average, nearly 554 thousand U.S. dollars of ransom. Compared to the previous quarter, the figure saw an increase of approximately 280 thousand U.S. dollars.
In 2023, users in Vietnam were most frequently targeted by phishing attacks. The phishing attack rate among internet users in the country was ***** percent. In the examined year, Peru was the second region, with an attack rate of nearly ** percent, while Taiwan followed with ***** percent.
In 2023, web services were targeted most by phishing attacks. They accounted for over ** percent of financial phishing attacks worldwide. Delivery company ranked second with nearly ** percent, while Global internet portals followed with ***** percent of the phishing attacks in the examined year.
In 2023, half of the social engineering attacks worldwide were scams, making it the most common type of cyberattack in this category. Phishing ranked second, with **** percent of the attacks, while business e-mail compromise (BEC) made up nearly ** percent of the total spear-phishing attacks.
In 2023, approximately ** percent of phishing sites used a top-level domain (TLD) of .com. Meanwhile, .club was the second most used top-level domain. This was used by about **** percent of phishing sites. The domain .top followed, with nearly **** percent of phishing attacks using it.
A March 2023 research found that AI-generated phishing e-mails tricked ** percent of users into revealing personal information in input fields linked in the e-mails. On the contrary, human-generated phishing e-mails provoked ** percent of the receivers into such interaction. Meanwhile, the share of individuals who clicked on malicious links or attachments in human-generated phishing e-mails was ** percent, compared to ** percent clicks in AI-written e-mails.
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Singapore Scams & Cybercrimes Per 100K Population data was reported at 924.000 NA in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 851.000 NA for 2023. Singapore Scams & Cybercrimes Per 100K Population data is updated yearly, averaging 597.000 NA from Dec 2020 (Median) to 2024, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 924.000 NA in 2024 and a record low of 313.000 NA in 2020. Singapore Scams & Cybercrimes Per 100K Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Singapore Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.G096: Public Safety.
In the 4th quarter of 2024, over 989,000 unique phishing attacks were detected worldwide, representing a slight increase from the preceding quarter. By far, the number of unique phishing sites has seen the most significant jump between the second and the third quarters of 2020, from nearly 147,000 to approximately 572,000. This figure is based on the number of the unique base URLs of the phishing sites.
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The cryptocurrency market's progress has been impeded by significant security concerns and its characteristic price volatility.
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In 2024, the rate of phishing attacks per reporter party has reached seven index points. In the year prior, in 2023, this rate was at 6.8 index points, up from 4.7.
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In 2023, financial organizations worldwide registered the highest reporting rate of phishing simulations, with 29 percent of phishing e-mails reported. The energy and utilities industry ranked second, with 26 percent, followed by the aerospace and insurance industries.
In 2023, the most common cause or delivery of cyber attacks in the United States was Unpatched vulnerability, encountered by 23 percent of companies nationwide. Root cause unknown was the second most common origin of cyber attacks, with 22 percent of the attacks. Phishing and various types of human error were also likely to cause a cyber attack in the examined year.
Phishing was the most prevalent form of scam in Australia in 2023, with over ***** housand incidents reported. There were also around **** thousand reports of false billing.
In 2023, global internet portals saw more than ** percent of phishing attacks worldwide, making it the most targeted industry by phishing. Web services ranked second, while Online stores and banks followed, with over ** and ***** percent of the attacks directed to these industries.
In 2024, the most common type of cybercrime reported to the United States internet Crime Complaint Center was phishing, with its variation, spoofing, affecting approximately 193,000 individuals. In addition, over 86,000 cases of extortion were reported to the IC3 during that year. Dynamic of phishing attacks Over the past few years, phishing attacks have increased significantly. In 2024, over 193,000 individuals fell victim to such attacks. The highest number of phishing scam victims since 2018 was recorded in 2021, approximately 324 thousand.Phishing attacks can take many shapes. Bulk phishing, smishing, and business e-mail compromise (BEC) are the most common types. With the recent development of generative AI, it has become easier to craft a believable phishing e-mail. This is currently among the top concerns of organizations leaders. Impact of phishing attacks Among the most targeted industries by cybercriminals are healthcare, financial, manufacturing, and education institutions. An observation carried out in the fourth quarter of 2024 found that software-as-a-service (SaaS) and webmail was most likely to encounter phishing attacks. According to the reports, almost a quarter of them stated being targeted by a phishing scam in the measured period.
Spam messages accounted for over **** percent of e-mail traffic in December 2023. Russia generated the largest share of unsolicited spam e-mails in 2022, with **** percent of global spam e-mails originating from the country. Spam worldwide It is almost impossible to think about e-mail without considering the issue of spam, which usually includes billions of promotional e-mails marketers send daily. As of January 2023, the United States had the highest number of spam e-mails sent daily. While many e-mail users believe such content belongs in their spam folder, marketing e-mails are generally harmless if annoying to the user. Malicious spam Phishing e-mails remain one of the primary attack vectors for cybercriminals. On average, around ** percent of businesses worldwide experience four to six successful cyber attacks in one year. Another ** percent said they became victims of more than ** bulk phishing attacks. More than half of the companies said these phishing attacks resulted in consumer or client data breaches.
In 2024, the majority of detected phishing e-mails targeted organizational assets. According to research of 386,000 phishing e-mails, 65 percent of sent phishing e-mails targeted organizational assets. Additionally, 35 percent of the phishing e-mails were directed toward personal assets.