During a survey conducted between August and October 2020, it was found that 87 percent of all spear-phishing attacks worldwide were conducted during the working week, on days where most businesses are running. Only 13 percent of attacks happened on Saturday and Sundays.
Spear-phishing attacks in 2020, by day of the week
*Barracuda researchers evaluated more than 2.3 million spearphishing attacks between August and October 2020 that targeted more than 80,000 organizations around the world.
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