Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 1 Top 10 Threat by Source WORLD RANK PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL DETECTIONS China 1 2 10.6% 23.7% United States 2 1 18.9% 20.7% India Netherlands Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom Germany France Brazil 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 19 7 7 8 5 9 13 10 10 1.2% 3.4% 4.0% 2.8% 3.6% 2.4% 2.6% 2.6% 2.2% 3.3% 2.1% 1.9% 2.0% 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26%
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 2 Threats by Source Malicious Code 19 1.4% 12 2.1% Spam 10 1.7% 42 0.4% Phishing Hosts 8 2.2% 7 2.5% Bots 11 1.6% 9 3.0% Network Attacking Countries 13 1.7% 12 1.7% Web Attacking Countries 23 0.4% 19 0.4%
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 3 Email by Destination Malware 1 in 547 Phishing 1 in 2,761 Spam 51.9% Top Malware Industries Ratio Malware by Company Size Ratio 1 250 1 in 373 251 500 1 in 223 501 1000 1 in 406 1001 1500 1 in 550 1501 2500 1 in 770 2501+ 1 in 591 Construction 1 in 182 Wholesale Trade 1 in 202 Public Administration 1 in 250 Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 1 in 276 Manufacturing 1 in 294 Top Phishing Industries Ratio Wholesale Trade 1 in 1,131 Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 1 in 1,154 Public Administration 1 in 1,307 Construction 1 in 1,506 Retail Trade 1 in 1,794 Phishing by Company Size Ratio 1 250 1 in 1,927 251 500 1 in 1,104 501 1000 1 in 2,561 1001 1500 1 in 3,768 1501 2500 1 in 5,854 2501+ 1 in 3,315 Spam by Company Size 1 250 50.6% 251 500 54.4% 501 1000 55.9% 1001 1500 51.0% 1501 2500 5 2501+ 56.0% Top Spam Industries Mining 58.1% Public Administration 53.9% Construction 52.9% Wholesale Trade 52.6% Transportation & Public Utilities 52.4%
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 4 Top 5 : Spear-Phishing/Targeted by Destination of per 1 United Kingdom 26.6% 3.1 3.0% 2 United States 17.2% 2.1 2.2% 3 Singapore 10.8% 3.6 32.7% 4 Australia 8.9% 2.5 6.7% 5 Hong Kong 6.1% 2.4 25.9% Top 5 Industries: Spear-Phishing/Targeted by Destination Industry of per 1 Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate 46.7% 3.8 7.6% 2 Services 22.5% 1.3 2.4% 3 Wholesale Trade 9.5% 1.1 5.1% 4 Manufacturing 8.3% 1.6 2.9% 5 Mining 6.5% 1.0 16.7% Distribution of Spear-Phishing by Size Size of Per 1 250 54.6% 1.2 2.1% 251 500 2.8% 1.0 3.9% 501 1000 1.9% 1.0 4.8% 1001 1500 25.9% 4.7 23.1% 1501 2500 1.9% 1.0 10.5% 2501+ 13.0% 1.2 21.4% *The Risk in Group figure is a measure of the likelihood of an organization in that industry being attacked at least once during the year. E.g. if there are 100 customers in a group and 10 of them were targeted, that would indicate a risk of 10%.
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 5 Ransomware by Destination Total Number of per Day of All Detections 4 Canada 1,641 3.8% Ransomware by Destination Top 5 1 United States 24,082 56.2% 2 Germany 5,980 14.0% 3 United Kingdom 2,215 5.2% 4 Canada 1,641 3.8% 5 France 1,073 2.5% Social Media Scams by Destination of All Scams Comment App Redirect of Total Offers Plugins Like Manual Sharing 5 4.4% 0.1% 2.4% 9.2% 0.4% 3.4% 84.5% Social Media Scams by Destination Top 5 of All Scams Comment App Redirect Offers Plugins Like Manual Sharing 1 United States 25.68% <0.0% 3.1% 12.4% 0.7% 5.7% 78.2% 2 India 16.00% <0.0% 0.3% 3.6% 0.8% 1.7% 93.6% 3 United Kingdom 5.59% 0.1% 3.6% 13.3% 1.0% 5.1% 76.9% 4 France 5.22% 0.1% 1.1% 13.2% 0.1% 2.4% 83.0% 5 Canada 4.44% 0.1% 2.4% 9.2% 0.4% 3.4% 84.5%