I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published so far in 2021, corresponding to 713 events (7.9 events/day). Cyber crime leads the Motivations chart with 86% (it was 85.82% in Q1 2020.) Malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart with 32.3% (it was 37.8% in Q1 2020, but you must consider that too many ransomware attacks appear as “Unknown”.) Multiple industries lead the Target Distribution chart with 16.7% (it was 17/8% in Q1 2020).
What is interesting to notice is the growth of the impact of vulnerabilities,visible in the Daily Impact chart.
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
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…
March 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
It’s time to publish the statistics derived from the Cyber Attacks Timelines of March, where I have collected 276 events, a new record that proofs, if needed…
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…
Q1 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the statistics from March, it’s time to analyze the data collected in the first three months of this troubled 2020. The Monthly Attacks chart confirms two trends: the number of events is constantly…
September 2023 Cyber Attacks StatisticsIn September 2023, cyber crime continued to lead with 77.1% of total events, but showed a decrease. Cyber Espionage grew to 11.6%, while Hacktivism significantly dropped. Malware remains the leading attack technique and multiple organizations are the top targets.
August 2023 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAfter the cyber attacks timelines (part I and part II), it’s time to publish the statistics of August 2023 where I have collected and analyzed 336 events, a number relatively...
16-30 September 2023 Cyber Attacks TimelineThe second cyber attack timeline of September 2023 showed a decrease in events and a continuation of malware attacks. Massive hacks targeted fintech organizations like Mixin Network, and some breaches affected millions of individuals. The timeline also includes activities by various known and new threat ...
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2021With this new project I am going to track the biggest data breaches of 2021 extracted from my cyber attack timelines.
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023Similarly to what I have done in 2022 and 2021, I am collecting the main mega breaches...
Hello Paul ,
Is it possible to have the dataset from 2014 till 2021 please , because i need it for a case study.
Thank you in advance