Global distribution of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com 2023, by type

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Sep 20, 2024

In 2023, business e-mail compromise (BEC) scams were the most common type of social engineering attacks using Gmail.com. Roughly 50.3 percent of such cyberattacks detected on Gmail.com were identified as BEC scams. General scamming ranked second, with over 43 percent, and phishing was identified in six percent of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com.

Distribution of social engineering attacks abusing Gmail.com 2023, by type

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June 2024

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2023

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