The public sector remained the most targeted by phishing activity in July, with one in 113.3 e-mails comprising a phishing attack.

Sixty-seven percent of e-mail was blocked as spam in Hong Kong, 66.6 percent in Singapore and 64.1 percent in Japan.

Phishing activity accounted for one in 752 e-mails in Australia and one in 2,241 in Hong Kong. This activity was one in 3,451 for Singapore and one in 7,449 for Japan.

One in 902 mails in Singapore was identified as malicious with one in 2,084 in Japan.