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.
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 Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020
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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 June 02, 2023, 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 June 02, 2023. 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: June 02, 2023. 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/
National Police Agency (Japan), Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/ (last visited June 02, 2023)
Number of spear phishing e-mail attacks recorded by the police in Japan from 2013 to 2020 [Graph], National Police Agency (Japan), March 4, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/866337/japan-spear-phishing-email-attacks/