May 2023 Cyber Attacks Statistics

After the cyber attacks timelines (part I and part II), it’s time to publish the statistics of May 2023 where I have collected and analyzed 335 events, a number that shows a slight decrease compared to April (341 events) but that also confirms the overall high level of activity that is characterizing this troubled 2023.

Cyber Crime leads the Motivations chart with a percentage slightly higher than April (78.51%  vs. 75.1%), but again, below 80% for the second month in a row. The operations driven by Cyber Espionage are down to 9.25% from 12.3% and back to the values of April, while Hacktivism is also down to 4.78% from 7.6%. Cyber Warfare records 14 events bringing its percentage to 4.18% from 2.3%.

Malware is always on top of the Attack Techniques, with 39.7% up from 35.5% of April, ahead of Account Takeovers with 13.13% (up from 8.2%) and Vulnerabilities down to 8.66% from  12%.

The Target Distribution chart is led, once again, by campaigns against Multiple Organizations up to 24.18% from 19.6%, ahead of Healthcare (13.1%) and Individuals with 10.7%.

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