Yesterday I have published the Cyber Attacks Timelines of June (part I and part II), so now I can finally publish the statistics. In June I have collected 211 significant events, an increase compared to the 211 of May.
Unsurprisingly, cyber crime leads the Motivations chart with 85.8% (a slightly lower than May when it was 88.7%.) Similarly, malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart, but its value drops to 40.8% from 48.6% in May). I won’t stress enough the concept that the real value could be even higher since some malware-based attacks are filed as “Unknown” as the victims do not disclose enough information.)
And one again multiple industries keep the leadership of the Target Distribution chart with 17.8%, two points higher than May, when it was 15.8%, and for the second month in a row, ahead of public administrations.
The statistics are also available as an infographic.
Cloud-Native Threats in 2023
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The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023
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16-31 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
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1-15 December 2022 Cyber Attack Timeline
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Cloud-Native Threats in 2022
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The Biggest Data Breaches of 2022
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May 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
Shortly after the Cyber Attacks Timelines of May, it’s time to publish the corresponding statistics. In May, I have collected 177 significant events, a consistent…
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…
16-30 June 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second cyber attacks timeline of June is finally out, where I have collected 102 events, a number that shows a slight decrease compared to…
Cloud-Native Threats in 2023
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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
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1-15 June 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline
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Q3 2023 Cyber Attacks StatisticsThe third quarter of 2023 saw a 6.5% increase in cyber attacks with 1,108 events. Cybercrime led the charts with 79.7% of motives, mostly using malware techniques. Exploitation of vulnerabilities ranked second, majorly affecting multiple industries and healthcare and financial sectors.
The Biggest Data Breaches of 2023Similarly to what I have done in 2022 and 2021, I am collecting the main mega breaches...
Q4 2022 Cyber Attacks StatisticsI have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published during Q4 2022) In total I collected...
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.
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.
