The police in Japan recorded almost 4.12 thousand spear phishing e-mail attacks in 2020. The number declined for the second year in a row. Unlike other phishing e-mails, spear phishing attacks are targeting specific persons or companies. A breakdown of attached files to spear phishing e-mail attacks in 2020 shows that Word files were by far the most common type during that year.
Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020
The source defines spear phishing attacks as malicious attempts to infect other computers to steal data by sending disguised business e-mails with/attaching malware undetectable by the commercial anti-virus software.
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National Police Agency (Japan). (March 4, 2021). Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020." Chart. March 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/
National Police Agency (Japan). (2021). Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/
National Police Agency (Japan). "Number of Spear Phishing E-mail Attacks Recorded by The Police in Japan from 2013 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/
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