The statistic gives information on the number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016. As of the most recently measured period, there were 255,065 unique phishing attacks worldwide, up from 227,471 attacks in the previous year.
Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016
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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 2022, 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 organizations worldwide 2022, by industry
- 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 reported types of cyber crime worldwide 2022, by number of individuals affected
- 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
Further related statistics
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- TLDs used for phishing 2012-2016
- Cyber crime types committed against the financial sector in Hungary 2019
- Percentage of cyber crime damages to small U.S. companies in 2011
- Online brands most affected by phishing attacks 2018
- Cyber crime damages of U.S. companies affected by phishing 2015, by size
- Cyber crimes reported to NMHH Internet Hotline in Hungary 2018, by type
- Top registrars for TLD attacks 2018
- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Websites affected by phishing in China in 2012, by type
- Phishing-based trojans and downloaders hosting countries 2016
- Chinese websites affected by phishing in 2011
- Distribution of global malware programs 2016
- Latin America: main countries source of web application attacks 2017-2019
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
- Leading countries targeted by web application attacks 2017
- Share of cyber crime incidents within region 10 Philippines 2019 by type
- Awareness of targeted attacks among smartphone users Japan 2022
- Share of cyber crime incidents within region 8 Philippines 2019 by type
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Statistics
- TLDs used for phishing 2012-2016
- Cyber crime types committed against the financial sector in Hungary 2019
- Percentage of cyber crime damages to small U.S. companies in 2011
- Online brands most affected by phishing attacks 2018
- Cyber crime damages of U.S. companies affected by phishing 2015, by size
- Cyber crimes reported to NMHH Internet Hotline in Hungary 2018, by type
- Top registrars for TLD attacks 2018
- Global financial phishing attack share 2021, by type of organization
- Websites affected by phishing in China in 2012, by type
- Phishing-based trojans and downloaders hosting countries 2016
- Chinese websites affected by phishing in 2011
- Distribution of global malware programs 2016
- Latin America: main countries source of web application attacks 2017-2019
- U.S. SME ransomware unleashing 2016
- Leading countries targeted by web application attacks 2017
- Share of cyber crime incidents within region 10 Philippines 2019 by type
- Awareness of targeted attacks among smartphone users Japan 2022
- Share of cyber crime incidents within region 8 Philippines 2019 by type
APWG. (June 26, 2017). Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/
APWG. "Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016." Chart. June 26, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/
APWG. (2017). Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/
APWG. "Number of Global Phishing Attacks from 2012 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/
APWG, Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Number of global phishing attacks from 2012 to 2016 [Graph], APWG, June 26, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/321815/number-of-phishing-attacks-worldwide/