April 2022 Cyber Attacks Statistics

After the cyber attacks timelines (part I and part II), it’s time to publish the statistics of April 2022, once again characterized by the events that are happening in Ukraine. In April I have collected 220 events, and despite this number corresponds to a noticeable decrease compared with the 244 events collected in March, the average level of activity continues to be quite high.

Cyber crime continues to lead the Motivations chart with 65.5%, an increase from 59.8% of March, but much lower than the values of the first two months of 2022 (steadily around 80%). The actions of the Anonymous and their affiliates, keep the Hacktivism stable around 15% (it was 14.3% in March). Similarly the events in Ukraine are also affecting the number of events driven by Cyber Espionage that confirm values similar to the previous month (13.6% vs. 12.7%. Instead, and this is a surprise, Cyber Warfare drops to 4.1% from 10.2%).

Malware continues to lead the Attack Techniques chart with 28,2% confirming the declining trend of the last months (it was 30.7% in March). Once again, account takeovers rank at second place among the known attack techniques with 14.1% (it was 13.1% in March). The exploitation of vulnerabilities ranks at number three with 10.9% (from 7.8%) swapping its place with targeted attacks (10.5% from 8.2%).

As always, the Target Distribution chart is led by attacks against multiple targets with 22.7% (it was 25.8% in March) ahead of governments  with 13.6% (it was 16% in March) and individuals (12.3%). Healthcare organizations slide at number four with 11.4% from 13.9%.

Check out the interactive charts and the statistics, also available as an infographic.