This report contains spam and phishing statistics for 2023, along with descriptions of the main trends, among these artificial intelligence, instant messaging phishing, and multilingual BEC attacks.

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The Kaspersky spam and phishing report for 2023 reveals that the share of spam in global email traffic decreased by 3.03 percentage points, with Russia being the top country for spam. The report also highlights various phishing and scam tactics used in 2023, such as targeting gamers, out-of-the-blue winnings and refunds, easy money offers, cryptocurrency scams, and more. Additionally, the report mentions the use of artificial intelligence by scammers and the rise of list linking or mail bombing attacks. The report provides statistics on spam, phishing attacks, and malicious email attachments, as well as phishing activity on Telegram.