It’s time to publish the statistics derived from the Cyber Attacks Timelines of March (part I and part II). In March I have collected 276 events, a new record that proofs, if needed, how troubled this year is from an infosecurity standpoint. Ransomware attacks, the Accellion 0-day and the growing number of vulnerabilities are pushing the numbers to new highs..
Once again, cyber crime leads the Motivations chart with 84.1% (it was 85.2% in February.) And similarly, malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart with 34.1% (it was 28.3% in January.) The most noticeable (and concerning) aspect is the jump of vulnerabilities at number two among the known attack vectors with 18.1% (from 8.8% in February).
Finally, multiple industries return on top of the Target Distribution chart with 19.9% ahead of educational institutions, technical activities and single individuals.
The statistics are also available as an infographic.
Cloud-Native Threats in 2023
Similarly to what I have done in 2022, 2021, and 2020, I am listing those cyber attacks…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023
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16-31 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
Welcome to the last cyber attacks timeline of 2022! A timeline that marks a sharp decline in the number of recorded events after four consecutive increases…
1-15 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
In the first timeline of December, I have collected 147 events (corresponding to 9.8 events/day), a result slightly…
Cloud-Native Threats in 2022
This blog post lists the main cloud-native threats, that is those cyber events exploiting the cloud in one or more stage of the kill chain. I have collected…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am collecting all the mega breaches (with more than 1 million records leaked). The information is derived from the cyber attacks timelines…
February 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
In February I have collected 240 events, the largest number recorded over the last 12 months, caused primarily by…
As always bear in mind that the sample refers exclusively to the attacks included in my timelines, available from public sources such as blogs and news sites. Obviously the sample cannot be complete, but only aims to provide an high level overview of the threat landscape.
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Cloud-Native Threats in 2023
Similarly to what I have done in 2022, 2021, and 2020, I am listing those cyber attacks…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023
Similarly to what I have done in 2022 and 2021, I am collecting the main mega breaches…
16-31 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
Welcome to the last cyber attacks timeline of 2022! A timeline that marks a sharp decline in the number of recorded events after four consecutive increases…
1-15 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
In the first timeline of December, I have collected 147 events (corresponding to 9.8 events/day), a result slightly…
Cloud-Native Threats in 2022
This blog post lists the main cloud-native threats, that is those cyber events exploiting the cloud in one or more stage of the kill chain. I have collected…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am collecting all the mega breaches (with more than 1 million records leaked). The information is derived from the cyber attacks timelines…
16-31 March 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline
It’s time to publish the second cyber attacks timeline of March, covering the main events occurred in the second half of this month. In this timeline I have collected 123 events, with an average rate of 7.7 events per day. The ProxyLogon vulnerability…
Cloud-Native Threats in 2023
Similarly to what I have done in 2022, 2021, and 2020, I am listing those cyber attacks…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023
Similarly to what I have done in 2022 and 2021, I am collecting the main mega breaches…
16-31 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
Welcome to the last cyber attacks timeline of 2022! A timeline that marks a sharp decline in the number of recorded events after four consecutive increases…
1-15 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
In the first timeline of December, I have collected 147 events (corresponding to 9.8 events/day), a result slightly…
Cloud-Native Threats in 2022
This blog post lists the main cloud-native threats, that is those cyber events exploiting the cloud in one or more stage of the kill chain. I have collected…
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am collecting all the mega breaches (with more than 1 million records leaked). The information is derived from the cyber attacks timelines…
1-15 March 2021 Cyber Attack Timeline
Here’s the first cyber attacks timeline of March, covering the main events occurred in the first half of this month. What an unbelievable period from an infosecurity standpoint! I have collected…
2020 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAs promised, I have pulled together some statistics from the data collected in 2020. The master table is available at the end of the post after the charts.
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023Similarly to what I have done in 2022 and 2021, I am collecting the main mega breaches...
1-15 August 2023 Cyber Attacks TimelineIn the first timeline of August, I collected 169 events (corresponding to 11.27 events per day), a considerable decrease compared to the the second half of July...
Q2 2023 Cyber Attacks StatisticsI have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the second quarter of 2023. In total I have collected 1040 events...
2022 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAnd finally I have aggregated all the data collected in 2022 from the cyber attacks timelines. In the past year I have collected 3074 events...
