In 2024, the most common security incident worldwide both in the cloud and on-premises remained phishing, with 73 and 74 percent of respondents stating that their company dealt with this type of attack, respectively. Moreover, the share of respondents struggling with user account compromise attacks in the cloud reached 38 percent, compared to 34 percent on-premises.
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Netwrix. (September 18, 2024). Most common security incidents in the cloud and on-premises worldwide in 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320178/common-cloud-security-attacks-worldwide/
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