Website Security Statistics 2024 – Everything You Need to Know

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Website Security Latest Statistics

• According to recent research from Verizon, web application attacks are involved in 26% of all breaches, making the second most common attack pattern. ^[4]
• With so many bots tasked with uncovering vulnerabilities, it comes as little surprise—though, still unpleasant news—that an estimated 12.8 million websites are infected with malware worldwide. ^[4]
• Because of this, 88% of websites infected by malware are not blacklisted by search engines. ^[4]
• According to a recent report, the top 10 countries hosting the majority of high risk URLs are USA Denmark. ^[4]
• The top site categories hosting malicious URLs are Manufacturing (19.87% host a malicious URL) Shareware/torrents (11.84%) Adult (9.43%) Social networking (8.71%) Entertainment (8.63%) Medicine (7.66%) URL link modifier (5.81%). ^[4]
• Well, the most common way to hide where content really originates—responsible for obfuscating over 96% of malicious URLs—is with the use of URL link modifiers/shorteners. ^[4]
• Over 70% of all system intrusion breaches involve malware, and 32% of all malware is distributed via the web. ^[4]
• The top threats found within websites infected with malware include Backdoor (65%) Filehacker (48%). ^[4]
• Malicious eval request (22%) Shell script (22%) Injector (21%). ^[4]
• This underlines how widespread the threat of social engineering is 25%of all breaches involve social attacks such as phishing. ^[4]
• According to a recent study, the biggest category of phishing—responsible for 34.7% of all phishing attempts—is targeted towards webmail and Softwareasa. ^[4]
• The same study revealed an increase of 11% in the last year in the number of business email compromise. ^[4]
• attacks sent from free webmail providers—from 61% to 72%. ^[4]
• Well, according to Terranova’s 2021 Gone Phishing Tournament report, almost 1 in 5 of all employees are likely to click on phishing links sent via email and, of those, over 70% go on to download a malware file from a phishing website. ^[4]
• 14% of employees are likely to download malware from a phishing page. ^[4]
• Currently, around 58% of organizations around the world have employees who work remotely, and 74% of organizations intend on shifting at least some of their employees to remote work post. ^[4]
• The threats that security professionals are currently most concerned about are Lack of physical security in the workspace (47%). ^[4]
• Criminals gaining control over remote devices to steal sensitive data (24%). ^[4]
• Criminals leveraging devices to gain network access (17%) Phishing and social engineering attacks (15%). ^[4]
• Devices being lost or stolen (12%). ^[4]
• Securing external access to internal resources (8%). ^[4]
• In the last year, remote working has increased user access to critical business systems by 59%. ^[4]
• As well as this, 23% of workers use their mobile device as a hotspot when their home internet becomes weak, slow, or stops working altogether. ^[4]
• 72% of organizations are concerned about MitM attacks and, of those, 23% feel unprepared to deal with those attacks. ^[4]
• WordPress sites are three times as likely to have malware than non CMS websites, and 18% of WordPress sites have at least one vulnerability, including SQLI, CSRF and XXS. ^[4]
• The same study found that 52% of breaches are caused by a malicious attack, and these particular breaches cost an average of 4.27 million dollars—more than the average data breach. ^[4]
• 71% of organizations that have suffered a data breach in the past year say they could have prevented the breach by implementing better security awareness training. ^[4]
• According to Cybint, 95% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. ^[1]
• 95% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. ^[1]
• 88% of organizations worldwide experienced spear phishing attempts in 2019. ^[1]
• 68% of business leaders feel their cybersecurity risks are increasing. ^[1]
• On average, only 5% of companies’ folders are properly protected. ^[1]
• 86% of breaches were financially motivated and 10% were motivated by espionage. ^[1]
• 45% of breaches featured hacking, 17% involved malware and 22% involved phishing. ^[1]
• and .dot which make up 37%, the next highest is .exe. ^[1]
• An estimated 300 billion passwords are used by humans and machines worldwide. ^[1]
• Personal data was involved in 58% of breaches in 2020. ^[1]
• Security breaches have increased by 11% since 2018 and 67% since 2014. ^[1]
• 64% of Americans have never checked to see if they were affected by a data breach. ^[1]
• 56% of Americans don’t know what steps to take in the event of a data breach. ^[1]
• The average ransomware payment rose 33% in 2020 over 2019, to $111,605. ^[1]
• 94% of malware is delivered by email. ^[1]
• 48% of malicious email attachments are office files. ^[1]
• Ransomware detections have been more dominant in countries with higher numbers of internet connected populations, and the U.S. ranks highest with 18.2% of all ransomware attacks. ^[1]
• Most malicious domains, about 60%, are associated with spam campaigns. ^[1]
• About 20% of malicious domains are very new and used around one week after they are registered. ^[1]
• 65% of groups used spear phishing as the primary infection vector. ^[1]
• Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents. ^[1]
• 30% of data breaches involve internal actors. ^[1]
• 90% of remote code execution attacks are associated with cryptomining. ^[1]
• 66% of companies see compliance mandates driving spending. ^[1]
• 15% of companies found 1,000,000+ files open to every employee. ^[1]
• 17% of all sensitive files are accessible to all employees. ^[1]
• About 60% of companies have over 500 accounts with non. ^[1]
• More than 77% of organizations do not have an incident response plan. ^[1]
• Companies reportedly spent $9 billion on preparing for the GDPR and, in 2018, legal advice and teams cost UK FTSE 350 companies about 40% of their GDPR budget or $2.4 million. ^[1]
• 88% of companies spent more than $1 million on preparing for the GDPR. ^[1]
• Since the GDPR was enacted, 31% of consumers feel their overall experience with companies has improved. ^[1]
• By 2019, only 59% of companies believed they were GDPR compliant. ^[1]
• 70% of companies agree that the systems they put in place will not scale as new GDPR regulations emerge. ^[1]
• The healthcare industry lost an estimated $25 billion to ransomware attacks in 2019. ^[1]
• More than 93% of healthcare organizations experienced a data breach in the past three years. ^[1]
• 15% of breaches involved healthcare organizations, 10% in the financial industry and 16% in the public Sector. ^[1]
• Trojan horse virus Ramnit largely affected the financial sector in 2017, accounting for 53% of attacks. ^[1]
• Financial and manufacturing services have the highest percent of exposed sensitive files at 21%. ^[1]
• Manufacturing companies account for nearly a quarter of all ransomware attacks, followed by the professional services with 17% of attacks, and then government organizations with 13% of attacks. ^[1]
• The U.S. government allocated an estimated $18.78 billion for cybersecurity spending in 2021. ^[1]
• Lifestyle (15%) and entertainment (7%). ^[1]
• Supply chain attacks were up 78% in 2019. ^[1]
• Security services accounted for an estimated 50% of cybersecurity budgets in 2020. ^[1]
• The total cost of cybercrime for each company increased by 12% from $11.7 million in 2017 to $13.0 million in 2018. ^[1]
• In 2019 over 2020, Scandinavia saw the largest increase in total cost of data breaches at 12%, while South Africa saw the largest decrease at 7.4%. ^[1]
• 50% of large enterprises are spending $1 million or more annually on security, with 43% spending $250,000 to $999,999, and just 7% spending under $250,000. ^[1]
• More than 70 percent of security executives believe that their budgets for fiscal year 2021 will shrink. ^[1]
• Since the pandemic began, the FBI reported a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes. ^[1]
• 27% of COVID. ^[1]
• target banks or healthcare organizations and COVID 19 is credited for a 238% rise in cyberattacks on banks in 2020. ^[1]
• Confirmed data breaches in the healthcare industry increased by 58% in 2020. ^[1]
• 52% of legal and compliance leaders are concerned about thirdparty cyber risks due to remote work since COVID. ^[1]
• 47% of employees cited distraction as the reason for falling for a phishing scam while working from home. ^[1]
• 81% of cybersecurity professionals have reported their job function changed during the pandemic. ^[1]
• Cloud based cyber attacks rose 630% between January and April 2020. ^[1]
• Remote workers have caused a security breach in 20% of organizations. ^[1]
• 27% of COVID19 cyberattacks target banks or healthcare organizations and COVID 19 is credited for a 238% rise in cyberattacks on banks in 2020. ^[1]
• Confirmed data breaches in the healthcare industry increased by 58% in 2020. ^[1]
• 61% of companies think their cybersecurity applicants aren’t qualified. ^[1]
• 70% of cybersecurity professionals claim their organization is impacted by the cybersecurity skills shortage. ^[1]
• Since 2016, the demand for Data Protection Officers has skyrocketed and risen over 700%, due to the GDPR demands. ^[1]
• 61% of cybersecurity professionals aren’t satisfied with their current job. ^[1]
• There was a 350 percent growth in open cybersecurity positions from 2013 to 2021. ^[1]
• 40 percent of IT leaders say cybersecurity jobs are the most difficult to fill. ^[1]
• The cybersecurity unemployment rate is 0% and is projected to remain there through 2021. ^[1]
• By 2021, 100% of large companies globally will have a CISO position. ^[1]
• Information Security Analysts job positions in the US are expected to grow 31% from 2019–29. ^[1]
• Computer Network Architect job positions in the US are expected to grow 5% from 2019–29. ^[1]
• Computer Programmer job positions in the US are expected to decline 9% from 2019–29. ^[1]
• 92% of malware is delivered by email. ^[3]
• Mobile malware on the rise with the number of new malware variants for mobile increased by 54% in 2018. ^[3]
• Third party app stores host 99.9% of discovered mobile malware. ^[3]
• 98% of mobile malware target Android devices. ^[3]
• Over the last year, MacOS malware has increased by 165%. ^[3]
• Malware development rates for Windows decreased by 11.6% since reaching an all time high in 2015. ^[3]
• Malware is still the preferred distribution model, used 71.14% of the time over the last 12 months, while PUAs were only used in 28.86% of instances. ^[3]
• Gamut spambot was the most frequently used, with over 86% of all spambot cases involving its use. ^[3]
• Over the last year, 36% of these servers were hosted in America, while 24% were hosted in undefined countries. ^[3]
• Trojans make up 51.45% of all malware. ^[3]
• 230,000 new malware samples are produced every day and this is predicted to only keep growing. ^[3]
• Overall business detections of malware rose 79% from 2017 due to an increase in backdoors, miners, spyware, and information stealers. ^[3]
• 34% of businesses hit with malware took a week or more to regain access to their data. ^[3]
• 90% of financial institutions reported being targeted by malware in 2018. ^[3]
• Ransomware attacks worldwide rose 350% in 2018. ^[3]
• Ransomware attacks are estimated to cost $6 trillion annually by 2021. ^[3]
• 50% of a surveyed 582 information security professionals do not believe their organization is prepared to repel a ransomware attack. ^[3]
• 81% of cyber security experts believe there will be more ransomware attacks than ever in 2019. ^[3]
• 75% of companies infected with ransomware were running upto. ^[3]
• FedEx lost an estimated $300 million in Q1 2017 from the NotPetya ransomware attack. ^[3]
• 25% of business executives would be willing to pay between $20,000 and $50,000 to regain access to encrypted data 30% of organizations who pay the ransom receive all of their money back. ^[3]
• 40% of ransomware victims paid the ransom. ^[3]
• More than 50% of ransoms were paid by bitcoin in 2018. ^[3]
• 10% of all ransom demands are over $5,000. ^[3]
• Of the 1,100 IT professionals surveyed, 90% had clients that suffered ransomware attacks in the past year. ^[3]
• 40% had clients that were subject to at least 6 ransomware attacks. ^[3]
• In 2019 ransomware from phishing emails increased 109% over 2017. ^[3]
• 25% of businesses are estimated to have been victims of cryptojacking. ^[3]
• 25% of the WordPress plugins among Alexa’s most popular sites are flagged with critical vulnerabilities that could allow mining botnets in. ^[3]
• 43% of the IT professionals said they had been targeted by social engineering schemes in the last year. ^[3]
• New employees are the most susceptible to socially engineered attacks, with 60% of IT professionals citing recent hires as being at high risk. ^[3]
• 21% of current or former employees use social engineering to gain a financial advantage, for revenge, out of curiosity or for fun. ^[3]
• Social engineering attempts spiked more than 500% from the first to second quarter of 2018. ^[3]
• Social media 2.5 billion records, or 56% Government 1.2 billion records, or 27%. ^[3]
• 56% of IT decision makers say targeted phishing attacks are their top security threat. ^[3]
• 83% of global infosec respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018, an increase from 76% in 2017. ^[3]
• 30% of phishing messages get opened by targeted users and 12% of those users click on the malicious attachment or link. ^[3]
• Only 3% of targeted users report malicious emails to management. ^[3]
• 53% of IT and security professionals say they have experienced a targeted phishing attack in 2017. ^[3]
• Credential compromise rose 70% over 2017, and they’ve soared 280% since 2016. ^[3]
• 50% of phishing sites now using HTTPS. ^[3]
• The most common malicious attachment types Office 38% Archive 37% PDF. ^[3]
• The volume of email fraud that organizations receive has increased 8% yearover. ^[3]
• 66% of malware is installed via malicious email attachments. ^[3]
• 49% of nonpointof sale malware was installed via malicious email. ^[3]
• 21% of ransomware involved social actions, such as phishing. ^[3]
• 30% of phishing messages were opened in 2016 – up from 23% in the 2015 report. ^[3]
• In 2017, cyber crime costs accelerated with organizations spending nearly 23% more than 2016 on average about $11.7 million. ^[3]
• From 2016 to 2017 there was a 22.7 % increase in cyber security costs. ^[3]
• The average global cost of cyber crime increased by over 27% in 2017. ^[3]
• The most expensive component of a cyber attack is information loss, which represents 43% of costs. ^[3]
• The root causes of data breaches for small businesses broke out as following Negligent employee or contractor 48%. ^[3]
• Third party mistakes 41% Error in system or operating process. ^[3]
• Don’t know External attacks 27%. ^[3]
• Other 2% 95% of breached records came from three industries in 2016. ^[3]
• Recent data breach statistics found that 63% of successful attacks come from internal sources, either control, errors, or fraud. ^[3]
• 33% of data breaches involved social engineering. ^[3]
• 43% of data breaches involved small businesses. ^[3]
• Targeted emails, or spear phishing, is reported by businesses to be used in 91% of successful data breaches and 95% of all enterprise networks. ^[3]
• 29.6% of companies will experience a data breach in the next two years. ^[3]
• The average cost of lost business for organizations in the 2019 study was $1.42 million, which represents 36 percent of the total average cost. ^[3]
• Breaches caused a customer turnover of 3.9% in 2019. ^[3]
• 36% of breaches were in the medical or healthcare industry in 2019. ^[3]
• 69% of those in the healthcare industry believe they are at great risk for a data breach than other industries. ^[3]
• Banks were the target 47% of financial data breaches. ^[3]
• Share prices fall 7.27% on average, and underperform the NASDAQ by. ^[3]
• 21% of all files are not protected in any way. ^[3]
• 41% of companies have over 1,000 sensitive files including credit card numbers and health records left unprotected. ^[3]
• 70% of organizations say that they believe their security risk increased significantly in 2017. ^[3]
• 50% of the security risk that organizations face stems from having multiple security vendors and products. ^[3]
• 65% of companies have over 500 users who never are never prompted to change their passwords. ^[3]
• Ransomware attacks are growing more than 350% annually. ^[3]
• IoT attacks were up 600% in 2017. ^[3]
• 61 percent of breach victims in 2017 were businesses with under 1,000 employees. ^[3]
• 2017 represented an 80% increase in new malware on Mac computers. ^[3]
• In 2017 there was a 13% overall increase in reported system vulnerabilities. ^[3]
• 2017 brought a 29% Increase in industrial control system–related vulnerabilities. ^[3]
• Coin mining represented the biggest growth area in cybercrime in 2017, with antivirus detections up 8,500% 90% of remote code execution attacks are associated with crypto mining. ^[3]
• 61% of organizations have experienced an IoT security incident. ^[3]
• 77% of compromised attacks in 2017 were fileless. ^[3]
• 69% of companies see compliance mandates driving spending. ^[3]
• 88% of companies spent more than $1 million on preparing for the GDPR. ^[3]
• 25% of organizations have a standalone security department. ^[3]
• 54% of companies experienced an industrial control system security incident. ^[3]
• Cyber criminals will steal an estimated 33 billion records in 2024. ^[3]
• In 2017 there were over 130 large scale, targeted breaches in the U.S. per year, and that number is growing by 27% per year. ^[3]
• 31% of organizations have experienced cyber attacks on operational technology infrastructure. ^[3]
• U.S. government to spend $15 billion on cyber security related activities in 2019 up 4% over the previous year. ^[3]
• 43% of cyber attacks target small business. ^[3]
• 47% of small businesses had at lease on cyber attack in the past year, 44% of those had two to four attacks. ^[3]
• 70% of small businesses are unprepared to deal with a cyber attack. ^[3]
• 66% of small business are very concerned about cyber security risk. ^[3]
• 85% of small businesses plan to increase spending on managed security services. ^[3]
• 51% of small businesses say they are not allocating any budget to cyber security. ^[3]
• 58% of malware attack victims are categorized as small businesses. ^[3]
• Ransomware damage costs alone are on track to hit $11.5 billion in 2019, at which point it’s estimated that small businesses will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds. ^[3]
• 4% of malware sent to small businesses is delivered via email. ^[3]
• 1.1% legal/law enforcement message 0.3% scanned document. ^[3]
• 60% of small businesses say attacks are becoming more severe and more sophisticated. ^[3]
• Only 14% of small businesses rate their ability to mitigate cyber risks, vulnerabilities and attacks as highly effective. ^[3]
• 60% of small companies go out of business within six months of a cyber attack. ^[3]
• 48% of data security breaches are caused by acts of malicious intent. ^[3]
• Small businesses are most concerned about the security of customer data Consumer records 66% Intellectual property 49% Customer credit or debit card information 46%. ^[3]
• Employee records 8% Business correspondence 5%. ^[3]
• The types of cyber attacks on small businesses broke out as following Web. ^[3]
• Phishing / social engineering 43% General malware 35% SQL injection 26%. ^[3]
• Denial of services 21% Advance malware / zero day attacks 14%. ^[3]
• Malicious insider 13% Cross. ^[3]
• Other 1% 68% store email addresses 64% store phone numbers. ^[3]
• 69% of small businesses do not strictly enforce password policies. ^[3]
• 16% of small businesses say they had only reviewed their cyber security posture after they were hit by an attack. ^[3]
• Only 16% of small business are very confident in their cyber security readiness. ^[3]
• Strategy – 52% of small business have a clearly defined strategy around cyber security. ^[3]
• Accountability – 23% of small businesses have a leadership role dedicated to cyber, whereas 46% have no defined role at all. ^[3]
• Willingness to respond – 65% of small businesses have failed to act following a cyber security incident. ^[3]
• Training – 32% of small businesses have conducted phishing experiments to assess employee behavior and readiness in the event of an attack. ^[3]
• Insurance – 21% of small businesses have a standalone cyber insurance policy, compared to 58% of large companies. ^[3]
• 67% of financial institutions reported an increase in cyber attacks over the past year. ^[3]
• 26% of financial enterprises faced a destructive attack. ^[3]
• 79% of financial CISOs said threat actors are deploying more sophisticated attacks. ^[3]
• 21% suffered a watering hole attack in the last year. ^[3]
• 32% of financial institutions encountered island hopping, is leveraging one compromised organization to gain entry into another. ^[3]
• 25% of all malware attacks hit banks and other financial industries, more than any other industry Credit card compromised increased by 212% year over year, credential leaks experienced a similar increase of 129%, and malicious apps increased by 102%. ^[3]
• 47% of financial institutions reported an increase in wire transfer fraud. ^[3]
• 31% of financial institutions reported an increase in home equity loan fraud. ^[3]
• 79% of financial institutions said cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, leveraging highly targeted social engineering attacks. ^[3]
• 32% of financial institutions reported experiencing counter incident response. ^[3]
• 21% of financial institutions reported experiencing C2 on a sleep cycle. ^[3]
• 70% of financial institutions said they are most concerned about financially motivated attackers. ^[3]
• 30% of financial institutions said they are most concerned with nation. ^[3]
• Global attack types and sources on financial sectors Web attacks – 46% Service specific attacks – 28% DoS/DDoS 8%. ^[3]
• 69% of financial institution CISOs are planning to increase cyber security spending by 10% or more in 2019. ^[3]
• 47% of financial institution CISOs said their organizations are operating threat hunt teams. ^[3]
• 32% of financial institution CISOs said they conduct threat hunts on a monthly basis. ^[3]
• 70% of cyber crimes targeting surveyed financial institutions involve lateral movement. ^[3]
• 16% of healthcare providers report having “fully functional” security programs. ^[3]
• 43% admitted that they are either still developing security programs or have not developed one. ^[3]
• 93% of healthcare organizations are currently using some form of cloud services. ^[3]
• 63% plan to use multiple cloud vendors. ^[3]
• 20% of healthcare domain emails were fraudulent in 2017. ^[3]
• 82% of surveyed healthcare organizations say that security is a top concern. ^[3]
• 89% of healthcare organization had patient data lost or stolen in the past two years. ^[3]
• 54% of healthcare business associates say their top vulnerability is tied to employee negligence in handling patient information. ^[3]
• 81 percent of healthcare cyber security incidents are rooted in employee negligence. ^[3]
• 69% of healthcare organizations site negligent or careless employees as their top worry for security incidents, followed by cyber attacks (45%) and insecure mobile devices (30%). ^[3]
• The healthcare industry was the victim of 88%of all ransomware attacks in US industries in 2016. ^[3]
• 94% are now using some form of advanced technology to protect sensitive data. ^[3]
• 25% healthcare organizations using the public cloud report that they are not encrypting patient data. ^[3]
• 41% of higher education cyber security incidents and breaches were caused by social engineering attacks. ^[3]
• 43% have had student data attacked, including dissertation materials and exam results. ^[3]
• 25% have experienced critical intellectual property theft. ^[3]
• 28% have had grant holder research data attacked. ^[3]
• 87% have experienced at least one successful cyber attack. ^[3]
• 83% believe cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication. ^[3]
• 79% universities have experienced damage to reputation and almost 74% have had to halt a valuable research project as a result of a cyber attack. ^[3]
• 77% also say a cyber breach has the potential to impact national security, due to the potentially sensitive nature of the information which could been compromised. ^[3]
• 64% don’t believe their existing IT infrastructure will protect them against cyber attacks in next 12. ^[3]
• 27% see the current security of their data center as ‘inadequate’ and in urgent need of updating. ^[3]
• 85% of universities agree that more funding must be given to IT security to protect critical research IP. ^[3]
• On average, 30% of users in the education industry have fallen for phishing emails. ^[3]
• The education sector accounted for 13% of all data security breaches during the first half of 2017, resulting in the compromise of some 32 million personal records. ^[3]
• According to the official information, 31 terabytes of “valuable intellectual property and data” was exposed. ^[3]
• Nearly 98% of all cyber attacks rely on some form of social engineering to deliver a payload such as malware. ^[3]
• Therefore, threat actors distribute malware via email approximately 92% of the time. ^[3]
• 62% of businesses experienced phishing and social engineering attacks in 2018 with a new organization falling victim to ransomware every 14 seconds in 2019. ^[3]
• The total number of spear phishing campaigns targeting employees increased by 55%, which makes up 71% of all targeted attack on businesses. ^[3]
• Given the rise in phishing attacks it is estimated that 90% of incidences and breaches included a phishing element in 2019. ^[3]
• 78% Lack Confidence in Their Company’s Cybersecurity Posture 78% Lack Confidence in Their Company’s Cybersecurity Posture, Prompting 91% to Increase 2021 Budgets. ^[2]
• On average, only 5% of companies’ folders are properly protected.2019. ^[2]
• Cyber Attacks More Likely to Bring Down F 35 Jets Than Missiles. ^[2]
• Cyber Attacks More Likely to Bring Down an F 35 Than Missiles – IE Nearly 80% of senior IT and IT. ^[2]
• 78% Lack Confidence in Their Company’s Cybersecurity Posture, Prompting 91% to Increase 2021 Budgets. ^[2]
• Data breaches have lasting financial effects on hospitals, report suggests “More than 90 percent of all healthcare organizations reported at least one security breach in the last three years. ^[2]
• Malware increased by 358% in 2020. ^[2]
• Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents. ^[2]
• “This is up from 1,690,000 on Jan 19, 2020 (up 27% over 12 months). ^[2]
• 1 in 5 Americans Victim of Ransomware “According to data gathered by Anomali and The Harris Poll, ransomware attacks 1 in 5 Americans. ^[2]
• “The world will store 200 zettabytes of data by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. ^[2]
• 64% of companies have experienced web. ^[5]
• 62% experienced phishing & social engineering attacks. ^[5]
• 59% of companies experienced malicious code and botnets and 51% experienced denial of service attacks. ^[5]
• According to the HIPAA Journal, “83 breaches were attributed to hacking/IT incidents and 9,662,820 records were exposed in those breaches”. ^[5]
• More than 500,000 cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. are unfilled, and postings are up 74% over the past five years. ^[5]
• An estimated 54% of companies say they have experienced one or more attacks in the last 12 months. ^[5]
• According to 451 Research, now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, “application security testing skillsets are identified as the most inadequately addressed in enterprise security teams. ^[6]
• Women make up only 24% of the security workforce. ^[6]
• A 2019 report found that security breaches had increased by 67% over the last five years. ^[7]
• The FBI reported a 300% increase in the number of cybercrimes, from about 1,000 cases to between 3,000 and 4,000 cases each day. ^[7]
• 2021 WordPress is the technology powering 43.2% of websites on the web in 2021, this is up from 39.5% at the end of 2020. ^[7]
• A whopping 29% of the WordPress plugins with critical vulnerabilities reported in 2021, received no patch from their developers. ^[7]
• Vulnerabilities in these plugins and themes represented 91.79% of vulnerabilities added to the Patchstack database. ^[7]
• 50% of WordPress plugin vulnerabilities were. ^[7]
• Cross site scripting vulnerabilities once again topped the charts in 2021 accounting for almost 50% of the total vulnerabilities added to the Patchstack Database in 2021. ^[7]
• Compared to 2020 – XSS vulnerabilities accounted for a bit more than 36%, in 2021 we see a rise in cross. ^[7]
• SQL Injection counted for 9.1% of the vulnerabilities in 2020 and Cross Site Request Forgery came third with 6.5% of vulnerabilities in 2020. ^[7]
• We’ve seen a 150% growth in vulnerabilities reported in 2021 compared to 2020 which is a significant increase. ^[7]
• Meanwhile, 29% of the WordPress plugins with critical vulnerabilities received no patch. ^[7]
• A worrisome website hacking statistic is that over 99% of WordPress vulnerabilities are related to plugins or themes. ^[7]
• In addition, breach of sensitive data was a threat in 68% of web applications. ^[7]
• It’s also important to remember that there is no 100% security. ^[7]
• Another 2019 study found that 46% of web applications have critical vulnerabilities, and a whopping 87% had “medium” security vulnerabilities. ^[7]
• 30% of web applications are vulnerable to XSS according to Acunetix’s report “Web Application Vulnerability 2019”. ^[7]
• There was a 52% increase in the number of web application attacks in 2019 compared with 2018. ^[7]
• And 84% of observed vulnerabilities in web applications were security misconfiguration. ^[7]
• This means over 70% of digital agencies and freelancers are worried about website security. ^[7]
• This number was slightly higher (75%). ^[7]
• The data also revealed that while agencies and web professionals are both increasingly worried and have challenges with regard to website security, only a little less than half (45%). ^[7]
• Almost 45% of the respondents have seen an increase in attacks targeted at websites they’re managing. ^[7]
• We also discovered that 25% of the responders had to deal with a hacked website in the month prior to participating in the survey. ^[7]
• According to a 2018 study, Americans are more worried about cybercrime than violent crimes including terrorism, being murdered, and being sexually assaulted. ^[7]
• 71% worry about the hacking of personal data while 67% about identity theft. ^[7]
• To put it in perspective, only 24% were worried about being a victim of terrorism, 22% about being attacked while driving, 20% about being sexually assaulted, and 17% about being murdered. ^[7]
• A study of more than 4,000 organizations across the US, UK, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands found that 61% reported a cybersecurity incident in 2019. ^[7]
• In addition, 47% of small enterprises reported an incident; it was 33% in 2018. ^[7]
• The study found that a whopping 73% of companies were not ready for a cyber attack. ^[7]
• The good news the total number of respondents who reported a cyber incident fell from 61% to 39%. ^[7]
• The projected percent change in employment from 2020 to 2030. ^[8]
• The average growth rate for all occupations is 8 percent. ^[8]
• The percent change of employment for each occupation from 2020 to 2030. ^[8]
• In 2021 alone, malicious cyberattacks have increased by 300%. ^[9]
• In fact, only 45% of small to medium sized businesses say that they are prepared for a cyberattack. ^[9]
• In 2021 alone, malicious cyberattacks have increased by 67% from 2014. ^[9]
• And of those hacks, a full 73% of hackers, according to Thycotic.com, report that traditional antivirus security and firewalls are obsolete and irrelevant. ^[9]
• According to Forbes, an average of 30,000 new sites are hacked on a daily basis. ^[9]
• In fact, according to Info Security Magazine, cyber threats in 2020 increased by nearly six times their normal levels. ^[9]
• Beyond that, the FBI reported an increase of 300% in total cybercrimes. ^[9]
• By what do these stats tell us about how the hacks are actually happening?In 2019, Sucuri reported that 47% of websites that are hacked had at least one backdoor vulnerability that allowed the hacker to gain unauthorized access. ^[9]
• According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers over 40% of all websites worldwide. ^[9]
• For example, in 2018 WordPress reported 542 core vulnerabilities, which was a 30% increase over the prior year. ^[9]
• The problem is that over 90% of WordPress vulnerabilities are related to themes and plugins. ^[9]
• In fact, one report says that the number is as high as 98%. ^[9]
• While others indicate that the number is closer to 95%.The problem is that over 90% of WordPress vulnerabilities are related to themes and plugins. ^[9]
• While others indicate that the number is closer to 95%.Either way, you can see where your security needs to be focused. ^[9]
• According to a 2018 PT Security study, there were over 70 different types of weaknesses found in web applications. ^[9]
• And sensitive data breaches are a significant threat in 68% of all web applications. ^[9]
• Another study done in 2019, this one by Acunetix, showed that 46% of all web applications had what are called critical vulnerabilities, while a frightening 87% had medium vulnerabilities. ^[9]
• What’s more, 80% of these applications had configuration errors that could be exploited by people looking to gain unauthorized access to your site. ^[9]
• The most recent study in the ENISA Threat Landscape Report shows that about 66% of all attacks on web applications included attacks of SQL injections. ^[9]
• In fact, ENISA reports that the number actually went up a full 52%. ^[9]
• Beyond that, 84% of the vulnerabilities they observed were due to security misconfigurations. ^[9]
• WordPress Site Owners Are Taking NoticeIn a recent study of more than 300 freelancers, digital agencies, and web developers, 243 of them (about 70%). ^[9]
• In a recent study of more than 300 freelancers, digital agencies, and web developers, 243 of them (about 70%). ^[9]
• A full 75% reported that they are concerned about site security. ^[9]
• The data from this study also showed an alarming trend While so many professionals are becoming aware of the dangers of cyberattacks, only about 45% have taken the measures needed to keep their own sites protected. ^[9]
• Nearly 45% of the 300 respondents have witnessed an increase in targeted attacks on the websites they manage. ^[9]
• Amazingly, 25% of the respondents also reported that they have dealt with getting their site hacked within one month of responding to the survey. ^[9]
• The study says that, of the 13 different crimes taken into consideration, 71% people in America are concerned with personal data hacks, while 67% worry about the possibility of identity theft. ^[9]
• For perspective, the same survey showed that only 24% were concerned about being a terrorism victim, 22% about being attacked behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, 20% about assault, and 17% about murder. ^[9]
• Perhaps this is because the median cost of fixing the damage after a cyberattack has gone up from $10,000 to $57,000 from 2018 to 2020, according to Hiscox. ^[9]
• In 2019, Sucuri reported that 47% of websites that are hacked had at least one backdoor vulnerability that allowed the hacker to gain unauthorized access. ^[9]
• Sucuri also found, in 2019, that more than 56% of all content management system applications, such as plugins and themes, were not fully updated when the hack happened. ^[9]
• According to a 2019 report from Acunetix called “Web Application Vulnerability 2019,” about 30% of all web applications are vulnerable to cross. ^[9]
• Online scams spiked by more than 400% in March 2020 compared to previous months, according to international law firm Reed Smith, while Google revealed it was blocking more than 18 million malware and phishing emails related to COVID. ^[0]
• Data breaches resulted in 36 billion records being exposed in the first three quarters of 2020, according toRiskBased Security research. ^[0]
• Despite this, the number of publicly reported breaches decreased by 51% compared to the same time last year. ^[0]
• July 2020 alone saw a 653% increase in malicious activity compared to the same month in 2019. ^[0]
• More than 90% of healthcare organizations suffered at least one cybersecurity breach in the previous three years, according to theU.S. Healthcare Cybersecurity Market 2020 report. ^[0]
• Cyber crime costs organizations $2.9 million every minute, and major businesses lose $25 per minute as a result of data breaches, according toRiskIQ research. ^[0]
• According toresearch by IBM, it takes 280 days to find and contain the average cyberattack, while the average attack costs $3.86 million. ^[0]
• The U.S. has the world’s highest data breach costs, with the average attack costing $8.6 million, according toIBM’s. ^[0]
• More than four fifths of data breaches in 2020 (86%). ^[0]
• more than tripled in 2020, according toDragos Inc.’s Year in Review report. ^[0]
• McKinsey insightfinds 70% of security executives believe their budget will decrease in 2021, which will limit and reduce their spending on compliance, governance, and risk tools. ^[0]
• For example,Verizon’s 2020 DBIRfound that 70% of breaches were caused by outsiders, 45% involved hacking, 86% were financially motivated, 17% involved some form of malware, and 22% featured phishing orsocial engineering. ^[0]
• 89.5 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout 2020. ^[10]
• Unchanged from 89.5 percent in 2019. ^[10]
• 10.5 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during 2020. ^[10]
• Unchanged from 10.5 percent in 2019. ^[10]
• 6.6 percent of U.S. households had low food security in 2020. ^[10]
• Essentially unchanged from 6.4 percent in 2019. ^[10]
• 3.9 percent of U.S. households had very low food security at some time during 2020. ^[10]
• Essentially unchanged from 4.1 percent in 2019. ^[10]
• Among U.S. households with children under age 18 85.2 percent of households with children were food secure in 2020. ^[10]
• Household food insecurity affected 14.8 percent of households with children in 2020. ^[10]
• In 7.2 percent of households with children, only adults were food insecure. ^[10]
• Both children and adults were food insecure in 7.6 percent of households with children. ^[10]
• Nevertheless, in about 0.8 percent of households with children , one or more child also experienced reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns at some time during the year. ^[10]
• 584,000 children lived in households in which one or more child experienced very low food security. ^[10]
• Rates of food insecurity were higher than the national average for the following groups. ^[10]
• All households with children. ^[10]
• Households with children under age 6. ^[10]
• Households with children headed by a single woman or a single man. ^[10]
• Households with Black, non Hispanic and Hispanic reference persons. ^[10]
• Households with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty threshold. ^[10]
• Overall, households with children had a substantially higher rate of food insecurity than those without children. ^[10]
• Among households with children, married couple families had the lowest rate of food insecurity. ^[10]
• Regionally, the food insecurity rate was higher in the South than in the Northeast , West and Midwest. ^[10]
• Very low food security was more prevalent than the national average for the following groups Households with children headed by a single woman. ^[10]
• Women living alone and men living alone. ^[10]
• Households with reference persons who are Black, non Hispanic and Hispanic. ^[10]
• Households with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty line. ^[10]
• Households located in principal cities of metropolitan areas and in nonmetropolitan areas. ^[10]
• The prevalence of food insecurity was unchanged from 2019 to 2020, at 10.5 percent. ^[10]
• Regarding earlier trends, there was a statistically significant decline in the prevalence of food insecurity, from 11.1 percent in 2018 to 10.5 percent in 2019. ^[10]
• In 2019, food insecurity was statistically significantly below the 11.1 percent pre recession level of 2007 for the first time. ^[10]
• The cumulative decline from 2011 to 2014 was statistically significant. ^[10]
• The prevalence of very low food security in 2020 was not significantly different from the prevalence in 2019. ^[10]
• The prevalence of very low food security in 2020 was significantly lower than the prevalence in 2018. ^[10]
• The prevalence of very low food security was essentially unchanged from 2011 through 2014. ^[10]
• The prevalence of very low food security was also 5.7 percent in 2008 and 2009. ^[10]
• Prior to 2008, the prevalence of very low food security increased from 3.3 percent in 2001 to 3.9 percent in 2004 and remained essentially unchanged through 2007. ^[10]
• During that same period of time, CBP conducted 32,038 border searches of electronic devices, representing less than .014 percent of arriving international travelers. ^[11]
• 19FY 20FY21FY22Recidivism5Recidivism refers to percentage of individuals apprehended more than one time by the Border Patrol within a fiscal year. ^[11]

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6. cybintsolutions – https://www.cybintsolutions.com/cyber-security-facts-stats/.
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8. patchstack – https://patchstack.com/articles/website-hacking-statistics/.
9. bls – https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/information-security-analysts.htm.
10. ithemes – https://ithemes.com/blog/website-security-stats/.
11. usda – https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/.
12. cbp – https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cbp-enforcement-statistics.

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