I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the second quarter of 2021, derived from 628 events (6.9 events per day), down from the 713 events (7.9 events/day) collected in the previous quarter.
With the only exception of May, this year continues to show a higher level of activities in comparison with the previous year, in terms of both number and impact. Cyber crime leads the Motivations chart with 87.6% (it was 86% in Q1 2021.) Malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart jumping to 45.9% (it was 32.3% in Q1 2021, but you must consider that too many ransomware attacks appear as “Unknown”.) Multiple industries lead the Target Distribution chart with 17.7% (it was 16.7% in Q1 2021).
Similarly to Q1, the impact of vulnerabilities continues to be clearly 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
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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
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June 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
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…
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 2021 Cyber Attack Statistics
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published so far in 2021. Cyber crime leads the Motivations chart with…
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...
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...
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.
July 2023 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAfter the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of June 2023 where I have collected and analyzed 384 events, yet another record number driven...
