Among employees who admitted in a 2020 survey to having been tricked into clicking on a phishing email - many say it was because it looked legitimate, or they believed it had been sent by an authority figure within the organization. However, distraction was named as the number one cause for clicks on phishing emails at work.
Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020
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Statistics on Phishing
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of global phishing sites as of Q1 2021
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- Premium Statistic Phishing: distribution of attacks 2021, by country
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Click rates and reporting
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- Premium Statistic Employee interaction with malicious emails 2021
- Premium Statistic Why employees click on phishing emails in 2020
- Premium Statistic Employees that click on phishing emails in 2020, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. and UK employees that have made security mistakes in 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic Time taken to report a suspected phishing emails in 2020
Phishing types and delivery methods
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Spear-phishing
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The COVID-19 pandemic and remote work
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- Premium Statistic Changes in cyber attack frequency following COVID-19 as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
- Premium Statistic Increases in cyber attacks according to IT professionals in 2021, by type
- Basic Statistic Post-pandemic cybersecurity priorities worldwide 2020
- Premium Statistic Remote work: importance of protecting users against phishing and cyber attacks 2021
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- Premium Statistic IT leaders' predictions for phishing emails relating to 'back to work' in 2021
Spotlight: Phishing in the U.S.
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- Basic Statistic Most commonly reported types of cyber crime worldwide 2021
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- Premium Statistic Online security threats that U.S. consumers worry about in 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents 2020, by attack vector
- Basic Statistic U.S. government: number of department cyber security incidents 2019, by attack vector
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- Italy: disruptive technologies to help combat economic crime 2017, by type
- Reaction to simulated phishing campaigns 2017-2019
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- Italy: share of fraud detection methods 2017
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
- Unauthorized financial operations in Russia 2019, by data used
- Global IT vulnerability management market 2010-2018
- Cyber security training development among physicians and their practices 2017
- Share of companies that had been victims of economic fraud in Sweden 2009-2018
- Most common types of fraud that companies were a victim of in Sweden 2018
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- Italy: risk assessment within organizations 2017
- Italy: disruptive technologies to help combat economic crime 2017, by type
- Reaction to simulated phishing campaigns 2017-2019
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- Italy: share of fraud detection methods 2017
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
- Unauthorized financial operations in Russia 2019, by data used
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- Share of companies that had been victims of economic fraud in Sweden 2009-2018
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- Operating income of Mizuno Corporation 2007-2021
- Leading tech companies' scope 2 GHG emissions worldwide 2021
- Automotive passive safety market size worldwide 2016-2019
Tessian. (March 22, 2021). Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/
Tessian. "Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020." Chart. March 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/
Tessian. (2021). Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/
Tessian. "Reasons Employees Click on Phishing Emails in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/
Tessian, Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Reasons employees click on phishing emails in 2020 [Graph], Tessian, March 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253448/employee-clicks-phishing-emails-by-reason/