Malicious email vs clean email

Share of all mail across organisations, malicious mail (malware and spam) vs clean delivery.

Last 7 days, snapshot% of all mail
  • Clean (Delivered), 93.2%
  • Malicious (Malware/Spam), 6.8%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Clean
  • Malicious
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Malicious vs spam

Split of the bad-mail bucket, of all bad mail: malicious (quarantined by Defender) vs spam (delivered to Junk).

Last 7 days, snapshot% of all bad mail
  • Malicious (quarantined), 45.3%
  • Spam (delivered to Junk), 54.7%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Malicious
  • Spam
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Malicious mail detection

Defender-protected organisations only. The volume of malicious mail a good mail defender removes from your inbox.

Last 7 days, snapshot% removed vs delivered
  • Delivered clean, 96.9%
  • Removed by Defender, 3.1%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Delivered
  • Removed
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Attack types, email vs sign-ins

Where attackers are spending their time, inbox malware/phishing vs credential-stuffing on sign-in endpoints.

Last 7 days, snapshot% of all attacks
  • Email, 29.6%
  • Sign-ins, 70.4%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Email
  • Sign-ins
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Brute force sign-in attacks

Botnet-driven vs single-origin brute-force attempts, and how many organisations are currently under active attack.

Last 7 days, snapshot% botnet vs single origin
  • Botnet, 75.0%
  • Single origin, 25.0%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Botnet
  • Single origin
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Last 7 days, snapshot% under attack vs quiet
  • Not under attack, 75.4%
  • Under attack, 24.6%
Orgs under sign-in attack, 90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • Not attacked
  • Under attack
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Attack risk mix

Share of attack instances by risk level.

Last 7 days, snapshot% of attack instances
  • High risk, 38.5%
  • Low risk, 0.5%
  • Medium risk, 61.0%
90-day trend7-day rolling window
  • High
  • Low
  • Medium
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Updated 12 Oct 2026, 07:30 pm · These charts are populated with collated security data collected by Decision1 IT Solutions Ltd. The data is accurate to the data we collect from our own sources, and are not compared to, or drawn from, any other source.