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.
October 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of October 2022 where I have collected and analyzed…
16-31 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
In the second timeline of October, I have collected 130 events (corresponding to 8.13 events/day), a noticeable drop compared to the 144 of the previous timeline. I wonder if…
1-15 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
It really looks like that October won’t change the trend of the latest months: the level of cyber activity…
Q3 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published during Q3 2022. In total I collected…
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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October 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of October 2022 where I have collected and analyzed…
16-31 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
In the second timeline of October, I have collected 130 events (corresponding to 8.13 events/day), a noticeable drop compared to the 144 of the previous timeline. I wonder if…
1-15 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
It really looks like that October won’t change the trend of the latest months: the level of cyber activity…
Q3 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published during Q3 2022. In total I collected…
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…
October 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of October 2022 where I have collected and analyzed…
16-31 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
In the second timeline of October, I have collected 130 events (corresponding to 8.13 events/day), a noticeable drop compared to the 144 of the previous timeline. I wonder if…
1-15 October 2022 Cyber Attacks Timeline
It really looks like that October won’t change the trend of the latest months: the level of cyber activity…
Q3 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published during Q3 2022. In total I collected…
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…
October 2022 Cyber Attacks StatisticsAfter the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of October 2022 where I have collected and analyzed...
Q3 2022 Cyber Attacks StatisticsI have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published during Q3 2022. In total I collected...
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.
January 2021 Cyber Attacks StatisticsIt's time to publish the cyber attacks statistics derived from the corresponding timelines that I have recently posted. In January I have collected 160 events...
Q2 2022 Cyber Attacks StatisticsI have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the second quarter of 2022. In total I collected...
