malicious cryptomining, or 'cryptojacking' is fast becoming one of the most common types of malware found across the globe. Ransomware on the other hand was only experienced by 5 percent of all targeted corporate networks.
According to global data measured throughout 2020, the majority of corporate networks that were attacked by malware fell victim specifically to botnets and cryptominers. Despite being a relative newcomer in the world of cybersecurity threat, Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type
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Statistics on Ransomware attacks
Overview: malware attacks
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- Basic Statistic Number of malware attacks per year 2015-H1 2022
- Basic Statistic Malware: most-targeted industries 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of cyber attacks in worldwide regions 2021, by category
- Premium Statistic Leading IT security threats according to cyber security professionals 2021
- Premium Statistic Potential AI-enabled cyberattacks on companies worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Annual change of human-initiated and bot attacks volume worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of online adults worldwide who know cybersecurity terms 2021
Ransomware attacks
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- Premium Statistic Organizations hit by ransomware attacks 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Number of ransomware attacks per year 2016-H1 2022
- Basic Statistic Ransomware victimization rate among businesses worldwide 2018-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of newly added ransomware families 2021
- Basic Statistic Leading families of encryption ransomware 2021
Vulnerabilities
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- Premium Statistic Most pressing cyber security issues according to infosec professionals worldwide 2018
- Basic Statistic Major operating systems targeted by ransomware according to MSPs 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of MSP clients who experienced a ransomware attacks 2020, by strain
- Basic Statistic Leading cause of ransomware infection 2020
- Premium Statistic Cloud security incidents worldwide 2020, by company size
To pay or not to pay
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- Premium Statistic Outcomes for organizations after ransom payments worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of global businesses victimized by ransomware paying to recover their data 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. organizations that experienced a ransomware attack and paid ransom 2020
- Premium Statistic Organizational data retrieval methods after a ransomware attack 2021
Security solutions market
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Spotlight: Other malware types
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- Premium Statistic Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent malware threats to corporate networks globally 2020, by malware family
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent mobile malware worldwide in 2020, by malware family
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent botnets worldwide in 2021
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent banking trojans worldwide in 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Most prevalent cryptomining malware worldwide in 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Top malware received globally via web and e-mail in 2020, by file type
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- Most detected malware families affecting corporate networks worldwide 2021
- Leading malware payloads worldwide 2018
- Most prevalent malware file extensions worldwide 2017
- Security measures taken by U.S. SMBs to reduce cyber attack risk 2015
- Total number of reported computer security incidents Hong Kong 2007-2021
- Likelihood of using key cyber threat defenses worldwide 2017, by organization size
- Awareness of cyber insurance existence among U.S. SMBs 2015
- Number of cyber attacks reported to the Italian CERT 2018-2021, by method
- Frequency of experiences of social media or email accounts being hacked EU 2019
- Malware - spread by number of registered finds
- Sources of ransomware attacks on companies in Poland 2020
- Global ransomware attacks 2017, by region
- Young French people's degree of confrontation with types of cyber violence in 2019
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Check Point Software Technologies. (May 5, 2021). Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/
Check Point Software Technologies. "Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type." Chart. May 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/
Check Point Software Technologies. (2021). Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/
Check Point Software Technologies. "Share of Global Corporate Networks Attacked by Malware in 2020, by Malware Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/
Check Point Software Technologies, Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Share of global corporate networks attacked by malware in 2020, by malware type [Graph], Check Point Software Technologies, May 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238997/malware-attacks-corporate-networks/