Global distribution of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com 2023, by type

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Ani Petrosyan
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Jul 11, 2025

In 2023, business e-mail compromise (BEC) scams were the most common type of social engineering attacks using Gmail.com. Roughly

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percent of such cyberattacks detected on Gmail.com were identified as BEC scams. General scamming ranked second, with over
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percent, and phishing was identified in
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percent of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com.

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June 2024

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2023

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