New research has found that Internet users are attacked online nearly 300 times a day.
The figures are included in a Department of Communications campaign highlighting online security threats.
Irish Internet users are faced with 298 phishing attacks every day and such incidents are expected to hit an all time high this year.
The term phishing relates to attempts by fraudsters to find out sensitive information online by masquerading as trustworthy.
The research into online security, released by the Department of Communications today to launch its Makeit Secure campaign, also found that one in three online shoppers have experienced a threat of some kind over the last year.
The findings show that the majority of parents have taken measures to protect their children's security online.
Eight out of ten have given advice or rules to their children and 68% are monitoring their children's Internet use.
Minister Eamon Ryan said that the statistics should not deter people from surfing the net, but warned Internet users to take precautions to protect themselves online.
