Similarly to the previous quarters, I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in Q3 2021, derived from 568 events (6.17 events per day), a noticeable decrease from the 628 events (6.9 events per day), collected and analyzed in Q2. Normally the Summer leads to a slowdown of the cyber activity and this year was no exception.
Despite the apparent Summer break, the number of events collected so far in the first 9 months of 2021 is overshadowing the previous years, confirming nearly a 20% growth year over year.
Unsurprisingly cyber crime continues to lead the Motivations chart with 81.7% (it was 87.6% in Q1 2021.) Malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart decreasing to 40.7% from 45.9% (but one must consider that too many ransomware attacks appear as “Unknown”.) Multiple industries lead the Target Distribution chart with 21,7% from 17.7%.
The statistics are also available as an infographic.
1-15 June 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of June 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 109 events, corresponding to an average of 7.27 events/day, in line with the sustained level of activity that is characterizing the latest months. And if…
May 2022 Cyber Attack Statistics
After the corresponding cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of May 2022 once again, unsurprisingly, characterized by…
16-31 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of May 2022 is out. In the second half of the month I collected 120 events, corresponding to an average of 7.50 events/day, an important…
1-15 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of May 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 101 events, that is an average of 6.73 events/day. The level of activity, reflected by…
April 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of April 2022, once again characterized…
16-30 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of April 2022 is finally out. In this fortnight I have collected 97 events that corresponds to an average of 6.47 events/day, despite…
1-15 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
After the peak of March (in the meantime I have added more records to the previous timeline bringing the total to 150), the level of activity continues to be…
Leaky Buckets in 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am now collecting the incidents due to cloud misconfigurations and leading to the exposure of data.
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…
September 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics
During September 2021, I have collected 206 events that I am finally aggregating into statistics in this blog post. After the Summer break…
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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1-15 June 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of June 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 109 events, corresponding to an average of 7.27 events/day, in line with the sustained level of activity that is characterizing the latest months. And if…
May 2022 Cyber Attack Statistics
After the corresponding cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of May 2022 once again, unsurprisingly, characterized by…
16-31 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of May 2022 is out. In the second half of the month I collected 120 events, corresponding to an average of 7.50 events/day, an important…
1-15 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of May 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 101 events, that is an average of 6.73 events/day. The level of activity, reflected by…
April 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of April 2022, once again characterized…
16-30 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of April 2022 is finally out. In this fortnight I have collected 97 events that corresponds to an average of 6.47 events/day, despite…
1-15 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
After the peak of March (in the meantime I have added more records to the previous timeline bringing the total to 150), the level of activity continues to be…
Leaky Buckets in 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am now collecting the incidents due to cloud misconfigurations and leading to the exposure of data.
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…
1-15 June 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of June 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 109 events, corresponding to an average of 7.27 events/day, in line with the sustained level of activity that is characterizing the latest months. And if…
May 2022 Cyber Attack Statistics
After the corresponding cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of May 2022 once again, unsurprisingly, characterized by…
16-31 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of May 2022 is out. In the second half of the month I collected 120 events, corresponding to an average of 7.50 events/day, an important…
1-15 May 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The first timeline of May 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 101 events, that is an average of 6.73 events/day. The level of activity, reflected by…
April 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of April 2022, once again characterized…
16-30 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
The second timeline of April 2022 is finally out. In this fortnight I have collected 97 events that corresponds to an average of 6.47 events/day, despite…
1-15 April 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
After the peak of March (in the meantime I have added more records to the previous timeline bringing the total to 150), the level of activity continues to be…
Leaky Buckets in 2022
Similarly to what I have done in 2021, I am now collecting the incidents due to cloud misconfigurations and leading to the exposure of data.
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…
Q2 2021 Cyber Attack Statistics
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the second quarter of 2021…
1-15 June 2022 Cyber Attacks TimelineThe first timeline of June 2022 is out. In the first half of the month I collected 109 events, corresponding to an average of 7.27 events/day, in line with the sustained level of activity that is characterizing the latest months. And if...
16-31 May 2022 Cyber Attacks TimelineThe second timeline of May 2022 is out. In the second half of the month I collected 120 events, corresponding to an average of 7.50 events/day, an important...
May 2022 Cyber Attack StatisticsAfter the corresponding cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of May 2022 once again, unsurprisingly, characterized by...
2021 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAnd finally I have aggregated all the data collected in 2021 from the cyber attacks timelines. In the past year I have collected 2539 events, meaning...
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.
