Between November 2021 and October 2022, the vast majority of cyber attacks worldwide, over 70 percent, used Microsoft Office Suite. Exploits for browsers ranked second, with almost 12 percent of cyber attacks deploying them. Google's Android followed, exploited in approximately six percent of attacks detected in the examined period.
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Kaspersky Lab. (December 1, 2022). Most commonly exploited applications worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/
Kaspersky Lab. "Most commonly exploited applications worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022." Chart. December 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/
Kaspersky Lab. (2022). Most commonly exploited applications worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/
Kaspersky Lab. "Most Commonly Exploited Applications Worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/
Kaspersky Lab, Most commonly exploited applications worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/ (last visited October 03, 2023)
Most commonly exploited applications worldwide from November 2021 to October 2022 [Graph], Kaspersky Lab, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/434880/cyber-crime-common-exploits-global/