Cyber Crimes are growing and by 2017, the global Cyber Security market is expected to skyrocket to $120.1 billion. The estimated annual cost over global cyber crime is 100 billion. Check out our infographic to know the latest statistics and trends of Cyber Crime industry.
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Yearly Cyber Crime Victim Count Estimate
| Victims per year | 556 million |
| Victims per day | Over 1.5 million |
| Victims per second | 18 |
| Identities exposed | More than 232.4 million |
More than 600,000 FaceBook accounts are compromised every day.
15% of social network users have reported that their profiles have been hacked by pretenders.
1 in 10 social network users said they’d fallen victim to a scam or fake link on social network platforms.
Common Types Of Cyber Attacks
| Attack Types | % |
| Viruses, malware, worms, trojans | 50% |
| Criminal insider | 33% |
| Theft of data-bearing devices | 28% |
| SQL injection | 28% |
| Phishing | 22% |
| Web-based attacks | 17% |
| Social engineering | 17% |
| Other | 11% |
Botnets have been using as many as 120,000 infected "zombie" computers to send out spam each day.
% Of Cybercrime Victims By Gender
|
Gender |
%age |
| Male |
71% |
| Females |
63% |
59% of ex-employees admitted to stealing company data when leaving previous jobs.
Data Breach Statistics By Industry
| Industry |
% |
| Medical/Healthcare |
38.9 |
| Business |
35.1 |
| Educational |
10.7 |
| Government/Military |
9.9 |
| Banking/Credit/Financial |
5.3 |
The Major Motivation Behind Cyber Attacks
| Motivation Factor |
% |
| Cyber Crime |
40% |
| Hacktivism* |
50% |
| Cyber Warfare |
3% |
| Cyber Espionage |
7% |
*is the use of computers and computer networks to promote political ends, chiefly free speech, human rights, and information ethics
Statistics Of Bank Fund Fraud Cases Loss And Recovery
- 22% were able to hold on to funds
- 10% were able to recover fraudulently transferred funds
- 68% were declared unrecoverable
- 37% caused loss to banks due to reimbursements
- 60% caused loss to businesses
Causes For 85% Of Direct Financial Costs Of Cyber-Attacks In The U.S
| Major Reasons |
% |
| Fraud |
42% |
| Repairs |
26% |
| Theft or Loss |
17% |
| Other |
15% |
Russia and the U.S. are the largest contributors when it comes to malware attacks making up 39.4% and 19.7% of hosted malware, respectively.
US Navy sees 110,000 cyber-attacks every hour, or more than 30 every single second
Top 15 Countries Where Cyber Attacks Originate (February 2013)
|
Source of Attack |
Number of Attacks |
| Russia |
2,402,722 |
| Taiwan |
907,102 |
| Germany |
780,425 |
| Ukraine |
566,531 |
| Hungary |
367,966 |
| USA |
355,341 |
| Romania |
350,948 |
| Brazil |
337,977 |
| Italy |
288,607 |
| Australia | 255,777 |
| Argentina | 185,720 |
| China | 168,146 |
| Poland | 162,235 |
| Israel | 143,943 |
| Japan | 133,908 |
