Data compiled by the Symantec Global Intelligence Network tool.
Targeted spear-phishing: focuses on a limited number of users who receive a highly personalized message. Generally, the email impersonates a legal or natural person in order to deceive the recipient into opening a malicious attachment or following a link to a malicious website.
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Industries targeted by spear phishing worldwide in 2017
This statistic represents the share of targeted phishing attacks on industries worldwide in 2017, by type. Agriculture was the most affected sector in 2017, with nearly * in emails identified as a phishing attempt.
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