In 2021, it was found that over 30 percent of phishing sites used a top-level domain (TLD) of .com. Meanwhile, .xyz was the second most used top-level domain. This was used by about 14 percent of phishing sites, followed by .xyz. The domain .cn followed, with over seven percent of phishing attacks using it.
Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021
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Statistics on Phishing
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of global phishing sites as of Q1 2021
- Basic Statistic Phishing: number of affected brands as of March 2021
- Premium Statistic Phishing: distribution of attacks 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Phishing attack rate among businesses worldwide 2021, by country
- Basic Statistic Phishing: most targeted industry sectors 2022
- Premium Statistic Phishing: most targeted organization types 2021
- Basic Statistic Global spam categories 2020
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
- Premium Statistic Global cybersecurity incidents after remote work transition 2020
- 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
- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: attacks experienced by U.S. companies 2021
- 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
- Basic Statistic Threat actors for cyber security incidents in U.S. healthcare organizations 2019-2020
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- Online brands most affected by phishing attacks 2018
- Number of worldwide phishing attacks 2012-2016
- Share of cyber attacks on government Asia Pacific 2017-2018 by source country
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- Frequency of discovering malicious software on devices in the EU 2019
- Share of cyber attacks in technology industry Asia Pacific 2017-2018 by type
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- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
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- Leading ccTLDs 2023, by number of domains
- Share of cyber attacks in education industry Asia Pacific 2017-2018 by type
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- Share of cyber attacks on industries APAC 2018/2019, by industry
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- Online brands most affected by phishing attacks 2018
- Number of worldwide phishing attacks 2012-2016
- Share of cyber attacks on government Asia Pacific 2017-2018 by source country
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
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- Share of cyber attacks in technology industry Asia Pacific 2017-2018 by type
- Share of cyber attacks in retail Asia Pacific 2016-2017 by source country
- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Warehouse management systems market worldwide 2016-2022
- Share of the global packaging market 2012, by geographic region
- Employees' engagement in delivering CX worldwide by region 2021
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F5 Networks. (February 9, 2022). Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/
F5 Networks. "Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021." Chart. February 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/
F5 Networks. (2022). Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/
F5 Networks. "Distribution of Top-level Domains Used by Phishing Sites in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/
F5 Networks, Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Distribution of top-level domains used by phishing sites in 2021 [Graph], F5 Networks, February 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256788/phishing-sites-tlds/