internet security tHreAt rePOrt GOVernMent 2013
internet security tHreAt rePOrt GOVernMent 2013
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Symantec Corporation<br />
Internet Security Threat Report <strong>2013</strong> :: Volume 18<br />
SPAM AND FRAUD ACTIVITy TRENDS<br />
Commentary<br />
• The phishing rate has significantly increased for six of<br />
the top 10 geographies in 2012. The highest average rate<br />
for phishing activity in 2012 was for organizations in the<br />
Netherlands, with an overall average phishing rate of 1 in<br />
123.1. In 2011, the highest rate was also for South Africa,<br />
with an overall average phishing rate of 1 in 96.3.<br />
• The phishing rate has decreased across nine of the top 10<br />
industry sectors in 2012, except for Finance. Organizations<br />
in the Government and Public Sector were subjected to the<br />
highest level of phishing activity in 2012, with 1 in 95.4<br />
emails identified and blocked as phishing attacks. In 2011<br />
the sector with the highest average phishing rate was also<br />
the Government and Public Sector, with a phishing rate of 1<br />
in 49.4.<br />
• The phishing rate has decreased for all sizes of organization<br />
in 2012. 1 in 346.0 emails sent to large enterprises with<br />
more than 2,500 employees in 2012 were identified and<br />
blocked as phishing attacks, compared with 1 in 250.5 in<br />
2011.<br />
• 1 in 293.8 emails sent to businesses with up to 250<br />
employees in 2012 were identified and blocked as phishing<br />
attacks, compared with 1 in 266.1 in 2011.
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