Number of detected e-mail threats worldwide Q4 2023, by type

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Ani Petrosyan,
Sep 23, 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2023, over 119 million cyber threats in e-mail messages worldwide were identified as spam, making it the most frequently detected type of threat. Phishing ranked second, with nearly 13 million detections.

Number of detected e-mail threats worldwide in the 4th quarter 2023, by type

CharacteristicNumber of threat detections
Spam 119,556,072
Phishing 12,728,412
Suspicious 3,107,655
Malware 2,079,870
Unwanted 752,333
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of threat detections119,556,072119,556,07212,728,41212,728,4123,107,6553,107,6552,079,8702,079,870752,333752,333SpamPhishingSuspiciousMalwareUnwanted
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