According to a survey of over 600 IT security professionals across seven countries, 88 percent of organizations saw spear phishing attacks, 55 percent fell victim to at least one phishing attack, 86 percent experienced business email compromise attacks and nearly two-thirds experienced a ransomware attack.
The burgeoning issue and financial fallout from spear phishing is evidenced by the sheer number of organizations that experience and fall victim to such attacks. In their 6th annual State of the Phish report, cybersecurity firm ProofPoint surveyed IT security professionals across the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Japan and Australia. This survey along with surveys of over 3,500 adults across the same seven countries plus the results of over 50 million simulated phishing emails provided eye-opening results in this multifaceted study. Here’s a quick overview of some of these survey results highlighted in ProofPoint’s State of the Phish 2020 report:
