In 2022, 47 percent of spear-phishing attacks worldwide were scams, making it the most common type of cyber attack in this category. Phishing ranked second, with 42 percent of the attacks, while business e-mail compromise (BEC) made up eight percent of the total spear-phishing attacks.
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The source adds the following information: "This report presents proprietary spear-phishing data and analysis from Barracuda researchers, drawing on a dataset that comprises 50 billion emails across 3.5 million mailboxes, including nearly 30 million
spear-phishing emails."
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Barracuda Networks. (May 24, 2023). Distribution of spear-phishing attacks worldwide in 2022, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253262/spear-phishing-attack-trends/
Barracuda Networks. "Distribution of spear-phishing attacks worldwide in 2022, by type." Chart. May 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253262/spear-phishing-attack-trends/
Barracuda Networks. (2023). Distribution of spear-phishing attacks worldwide in 2022, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253262/spear-phishing-attack-trends/
Barracuda Networks. "Distribution of Spear-phishing Attacks Worldwide in 2022, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253262/spear-phishing-attack-trends/
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