AV-Test, trojans were by far the most common type of malware across Windows, macOS and Android systems in 2019. Accounting for over 58 percent of malware incidents in 2019, trojans place far ahead of second- and third-ranked viruses and scripts.
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Statistics on U.S. companies and cyber crime
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime incidents worldwide 2020-2021, by industry and organization size
- Basic Statistic Cyber attacks: most-targeted industries 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Data breaches worldwide 2020-2021, by target industry and organiyation size
- Basic Statistic Phishing: number of affected brands as of March 2021
- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: distribution of breaches 2014-2019, by sector
- Basic Statistic Number of global phishing sites as of Q1 2021
Attacks
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- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: attacks experienced by U.S. companies 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. cyber crime response lifecycle 2021
- Basic Statistic Most common insider threats in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Most common data exfiltration behaviors during insider threats in the U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. organizations that experienced a ransomware attack and paid ransom 2020
Damages and consequences
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- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: all-time biggest online data breaches 2022
- Basic Statistic Cyber crime: number of compromises and impacted individuals in U.S. 2005-2022
- Premium Statistic Cyber crime: distribution of data exposed 2014-2019, by sector
- Basic Statistic Average cost per data breach in the United States 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. opinion on reportable privacy incidents 2019
Cyber security
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- Premium Statistic Plans to defend against cyber attacks in organizations in U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Frequency of cyber security training for employees in organizations in the U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Cyber security regulations encountered by U.S. employees 2018
- Premium Statistic Identity and access management deployment status in U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic North American enterprise adoption of authentication technologies 2019, by size
- Premium Statistic Identity management technologies used in U.S. organizations 2019
- Premium Statistic Required annual password changes among North American organizations 2019, by vertical
- Premium Statistic Authentication-related challenges faced by North American organizations 2019
Cyber insurance
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- Premium Statistic Share of SME cyber insurance claims made in North America 2015-2019, by cause of loss
- Premium Statistic Average costs of SME cyber insurance claims in North America 2014-2018, by cause
- Premium Statistic Share of cyber insurance claims made by SMEs in North America 2015-2019, by industry
- Premium Statistic Change in cyber insurance premium pricing U.S. 2017-2018
- Premium Statistic Reasons SMEs purchase cyber insurance U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Reasons large entities purchase cyber insurance U.S. 2018
Further related statistics
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- Malware: encounter and detection rate in selected markets 2016
- Percentage of spam with ransomware attachments 2015-2016
- Countries with the highest malware infection rate 2016
- Countries targeted by the Flame trojan as of May 2012
- Countries with the lowest malware infection rate 2016
- Leading e-mail malware worldwide in 2018
- Cost of IT security consequences for enterprises and SMBs worldwide 2017
- Most costly types of IT security incidents for enterprises and SMBs worldwide 2016
- Number of unique malware variants added per year 2014-2018
- Leading Windows malware strains 2019
- Most common types of malware infections in Finland 2015
- The most significant impacts of ransomware in the U.S. 2021
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- Malware: encounter and detection rate in selected markets 2016
- Percentage of spam with ransomware attachments 2015-2016
- Countries with the highest malware infection rate 2016
- Countries targeted by the Flame trojan as of May 2012
- Countries with the lowest malware infection rate 2016
- Leading e-mail malware worldwide in 2018
- Cost of IT security consequences for enterprises and SMBs worldwide 2017
- Most costly types of IT security incidents for enterprises and SMBs worldwide 2016
- Number of unique malware variants added per year 2014-2018
- Leading Windows malware strains 2019
- Most common types of malware infections in Finland 2015
- The most significant impacts of ransomware in the U.S. 2021
AV-TEST. (August 26, 2020). Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. "Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019." Chart. August 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. (2020). Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. "Distribution of Leading Malware Types Worldwide in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST, Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/ (last visited February 08, 2023)
Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019 [Graph], AV-TEST, August 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/