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• 29% of Internet users buy from spam emails
• 74% of all e-mail in Q2 2008 was spam
• $8.5 bln lost to viruses and spyware in 2006-2007
• 32% of North American SMBs have been hit by cybercrime numerous times
• 51% of Americans write down their online passwords
• 66% of cellphone users worry about sharing personal data
• 800k identity theft cases in 2007, 23% of them involve credit cards
• 1.4% of online revenues lost to fraud in 2007
• Top malware countries: Russia, China, US, Brazil, UK
• Identity theft down 12% in 2007
• 5.49 mln unique samples of malicious software in 2007
• 57% of Americans still very concerned with credit card safety online
• 66% of Americans believe their identity can be stolen while shopping online
• $3.2 bln lost to phishing in 2007
• $3 bln lost to phishing in 2007
• 8.3 mln Americans had their identities stolen
• 63% of malware is distributed through US sites
• 77% of consumers will not shop at stores with data breaches
• 3.7% of Americans were victims of identity fraud in 2006
• Top consumer complaints to FTC in 2006: identity theft, shop-at-home catalogues, lottery winnings
• $49.3 bln lost to identity fraud in 2006, 11.5% decline
• 3.5 mln Americans to disclose information to phishers in 2006
• 157k phishing messages sent out in the first half of 2006
• 30% of US consumers were victims of data breach
• 154 brands hijacked by phishers in July 2006
• 1,802 cybercrimes in Japan in January-June 2006
• 40% Americans think that identity theft is most likely to happen to Internet users
• 9% of students respond to e-mails asking for information
• 4% of US college graduates click on suspicious links within emails
• Amount lost to identity theft is usually $1,089
• 16% of Americans have seen their credit card used without their permission
• 72% of Americans shred any mail that has account numbers
• Top credit card issuers by fraud prevention capabilities: Citibank, Amex, BofA
• Identity theft is a $6.4 bln problem
• 46.5% of Americans suffered from white collar crime in 2005
• 57% of US businesses are losing money to cybercrime
• 7.92 mln phishing e-mails sent daily
• Cybercrime up 52% in Japan in 2005
• Number of phishing Web sites up 65% in December 2005
• 41% of consumers are purchasing less online due to identity theft issues
• Data on roughly 53 mln Americans was compromised in 2005
• 30% of US identity fraud is new account fraud
• Average identity fraud cost $6,383 in 2005
• 43% of Internet users change their online behavior due to identity theft fears
• 685K identity theft complaints filed in 2005
• 26.7% of college grads in metropolitan areas make $100K or more
• 70% of phishing e-mail recipients are fooled by it
• 3.9% of all e-commerce orders declined on the suspicion of fraud, 12.4% for those selling internationally
• $2.8 bln in e-commerce revenues lost to fraud in 2005
• 45% of consumers would switch banks for better identity theft protection
• 207K complaints on cyberfraud logged in 2004
• 2.4 mln phishing attacks between May 2004 and May 2005
• 5,259 phishing sites in August 2005
• Top phishing site hosters: USA - 32%, China - 12%, Korea - 11%
• 642 mortgage fraud cases reported to FBI in the first half of 2005
• New account fraud on average takes 59 hours to rectify
• 45% of banking customers would like complete guarantee against identity theft
• 32% of corporate users in India have fallen for a phishing scam
• Identity theft costs UK businesses $2.3 bln a year
• 80% of phishing is targeted at financial institutions
• Older Americans lost $152 mln to Internet fraud in 2004
• 53% of all consumer fraud complaints to FTC were Internet-related in 2004
• 10% of consumers still click on suspicious links in e-mails
• 2 mln people lost $929 mln to fraud between May 2004 and May 2005
• Each spyware-infected corporate client costs $265
• 57 mln Americans received a phishing e-mail
• How credit cards are stolen: 28.0% - stolen wallet, 11.9% - after the transaction, 10.6% - corrupt employees
• 64% of credit card companies still require SSN for online statements
• 9.3 mln victims of identity theft
• 67% of Web users did not register at Web sites when privacy policies were unclear
• 2.4 mln Americans lost money to phishing, 33% are buying less online
• 1.2 mln online Americans divulged their personal information to criminals
• Identity theft costs businesses $48 bln annually
• 84.9% of online transaction fraud originates in the United States
• 14,411 phishing attempts in April 2005
• 9.9 mln Americans victims of identity theft in 2004
• 75% of Americans don’t feel their identity is more secure today
• Virus-infected e-mail down 30%, phishing down 45% in April 2005
• Cybercrime costs UK $4.7 bln a year
• 80% of spam tries to mask words to trick spam filters, Cialis, orgasms and Viagra lead the list
• Phishing attacks up 2% in February 2005
• FTC received 247,000 complaints of identity theft in 2004
• 72% of identity theft in 2004 happened offline
• At any day roughly 1000 sites are phishing Web sites
• 4.5 mln Americans annually become victims of advance fee scam
• Medium-size online stores lose 2.5% of revenues to online fraud
• Online merchants reject 6% of all orders, still lose $2.6 bln to online fraud
• UK card fraud reaches 478.8 mln pounds a year
• Brits lose 14 bln pounds to fraud annually
• Phone fraud is a billion dollar industry
• 4.55 mln Americans are victims to advance fee scam
• Financial firms will lose $400 mln to phishing in 2004
• Checking account frauds average $1200 per victim
• Spam-commerce generated $11.7 bln
• Phishing attacks up 50% in January
• Merchants more concerned with online fraud
• Consumers realize credit card fraud generally happens offline
• $437 mln lost to online scams
• Internet Fraud Complaint Center received 60% more complaints in 2003
• Gartner on online fraud statistics
• Losses from online fraud decline
• UK bank fraud up
• Verisign’s study: security incidents almost doubled between May 2003 and August 2003
• Visa: credit card fraud numbers

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