Phishing reported most common cyberattack in 2019

The most common type of cyberattack in 2019 was phishing, i.e. attempted fraud using emails or SMS, followed by reports about malware, CERT Polska informed in its report on operations last year. As written in the report "Polish Internet Security Landscape", CERT Polska registered 6,484 incidents in 2019, which is a record number and at the same time a record y/y increase (73 percent).

According to CERT Polska, phishing accounted for about 54.2 percent of all incidents.