According to data collected during the first quarter of 2020, about two thirds of respondents from Interpol's member countries had recieved phishing and online scam threats related to COVID-19. Meanwhile, pandemic-related fake news was the type of cyber threat least encountered during this period.
Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type
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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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- Share of vulnerable private sector jobs due to COVID-19 by company size U.S. 2020
- Main reasons for not bulk buying during COVID-19 pandemic Thailand 2020, by age
- Global insurance loss estimates and current losses due to COVID-19 outbreak 2020
- Share of people confident in government COVID-19 response New Zealand 2020
- Healthcare workers offered testing for COVID-19 in the UK 2020
- Russians' food spending plans during COVID-19 2020, by category
- Latin America: goods exports growth rate 2020, by sector
- Most visited Wikipedia pages in the U.S. 2020, by visits
- Fastest-growing food delivery services globally 2020, by search volume growth
- Coal electricity demand in Europe during COVID-19 lockdown by country 2020
- Red Hat Inc's annual revenue worldwide 2009-2019
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Statistics
- COVID-19 impact on usage of food apps India 2020
- State share in feeding people during COVID-19 pandemic in India 2020 by top state/UT
- Share of vulnerable private sector jobs due to COVID-19 by company size U.S. 2020
- Main reasons for not bulk buying during COVID-19 pandemic Thailand 2020, by age
- Global insurance loss estimates and current losses due to COVID-19 outbreak 2020
- Share of people confident in government COVID-19 response New Zealand 2020
- Healthcare workers offered testing for COVID-19 in the UK 2020
- Russians' food spending plans during COVID-19 2020, by category
- Latin America: goods exports growth rate 2020, by sector
- Most visited Wikipedia pages in the U.S. 2020, by visits
- Fastest-growing food delivery services globally 2020, by search volume growth
- Coal electricity demand in Europe during COVID-19 lockdown by country 2020
- Red Hat Inc's annual revenue worldwide 2009-2019
- Attitude on choosing men over women when jobs are scarce in selected countries in 2010
- Predictions on effect of misinformation on strength of journalism worldwide 2020
- Independent musicians' music making concerns worldwide 2019
INTERPOL . (August 4, 2020). Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/
INTERPOL . "Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type ." Chart. August 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/
INTERPOL . (2020). Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/
INTERPOL . "Key Cyberthreats Related to The Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020, by Threat Type ." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/
INTERPOL , Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/ (last visited February 04, 2023)
Key cyberthreats related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, by threat type [Graph], INTERPOL , August 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257198/main-covid-19-cyberthreats/