CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY
TRENDS IN AFRICA
GLOBAL BIG NUMBERS
19
Global Big Numbers
BIG NUMBERS
Total Identities Exposed
(GLOBAL)
BREACHES
Total Breaches
2013
2014
2015
253
312
318
–
+23%
+2%
2014
2014
2015
552M
348M
429M
–
-37%
+23%
Average Identities
Exposed per Breach
Breaches With
More Than 10 Million
Identities Exposed
2013
2013
2013
2014
2015
2.2M
1.1M
1.3M
–
-49%
+21%
Median Identities
Exposed per Breach
2015
2013
2014
2015
8
4
9
6,777
7,000
4,885
–
-50%
+125%
–
+3%
-30%
EMAIL THREATS, MALWARE AND BOTS
Overall Email Spam Rate
2013
2014
2015
66%
60%
53%
–
-6%pts
-7%pts
66 60 53
New Malware Variants
(Added in Each Year)
Email Phishing Rate (Not Spear Phishing)
2013
2014
2015
1 in 392
1 in 965
1 in 1,846
2014
2015
1 in 196
1 in 244
1 in 220
2015
317M
431M
–
+36%
CryptoRansomware Total
Email Malware Rate (Overall)
2013
2014
Number of Bots
2013
2014
2015
2.3M
1.9M
1.1M
–
-18%
-42%
2014
2015
269K
362K
–
+35%
Average
Per Day
Average
Per Day
737
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