Cyber Attacks – HACKMAGEDDON

May 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Hacktivism, May, Statistics

After the second timeline of May, it’s time to publish the corresponding statistics for the same month. In May, I have collected and analyzed 184 events, a number still in line with the previous months, despite the majority of the events occurred in the first half. Is the minor activity that characterized the second half of May the sign of an inverting trend ? It’s probably too early to tell, but hopefully the next timelines will shed more light. The Daily Trend chart, shows…

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16-31 May 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments Anonymous, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, George Floyd, Hacktivism, Ke3chang, LiveJournal, Mathway, Sandworm, Timeline, Turla, Winnti Group, Wishbone

It’s time to catch up with the timelines, so let’s go with a new one collecting the main cyber events occurred in the second half of May. In this timeline I have collected “only” 72 events, including 9 occurred in the previous weeks, so definitely a sharp drop in comparison to the numbers we have been used to in the previous weeks, after the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. Here we are again with the mega breaches…

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1-15 May 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Paolo Passeri 2 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Hacktivism, Maze, Naikon APT, Ransomware, REvil, Shiny Hunters, Sodinobiki, The Lazarus Group, Timeline, Turla

After a short break it’s time to catch up with the timelines, so today let’s publish the first timeline of May where I have collected 114 events (including one occurred in April), a number that confirms that the growing trend driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and by the increasing number of ransomware attacks continues. Unfortunately the emotional distress of these hard times makes the potential victims even more vulnerable.

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April 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

June 3, 2020June 19, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, April, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Statistics

Let’s go with the statistics derived from the cyber attacks timelines of April (part I and part II). This month I have collected and analyzed 189 events, so the overall level is still high and in line with February (186) and March (179). Undoubtedly the pandemic continues to characterize the threat landscape.

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16-30 April 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, April, APT32, APT41, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Florentine Banker, iOS, Ocean Lotus, PerSwaysion, Timeline, Winnti

It’s time to publish the second timeline of April. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the level of activity continues to be quite high. In this timeline I have collected 92 events, less than the 104 events collected in the first timeline of April, but equally an important number. So the Pandemic…

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1-15 April 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Paolo Passeri 3 Comments 2020, April, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Darkhotel, Energetic Bear, Syrian Electronic Army

It’s time to publish the first timeline of April, covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the first fortnight of this month. The COVID-19 emergency continues to characterize the threat landscape, and in this timeline I have collected…

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Q1 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Paolo Passeri 1 Comment 2020, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Hacktivism, Q1, Statistics

After the statistics from March, it’s time to analyze the data collected in the first three months of this troubled 2020. The Monthly Attacks chart confirms two trends: the number of events is constantly…

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March 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Hacktivism, March, Statistics

It’s time to publish the statistics derived from the cyber attacks timelines of March (part I and part II). As you will discover soon, the threat landscape continues to be quite complicated due to the multiple campaigns exploiting COVID-19, and in fact in this month I have analyzed 179 events. Despite this number is slightly lower than February (186), the level of activity is still quite sustained. Despite this number…

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16-31 March 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, APT28, APT36, APT41, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Crime, Cyber Espionage, Cyber Warfare, Gaza Cybergang, Hacktivism, March, Weibo

The second timeline of March is here! Unsurprisingly in this fortnight I have collected the highest number of events so far (107), and one third of them is somehow related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately cyber criminals are not showing any mercy in such complicated moments. Not only…

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1-15 March 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Paolo Passeri 0 Comments 2020, APT34, Brno University Hospital, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Kimsuky, March, Mongolia, Mustang Panda, Ransomware, Timeline, Turla, Vicious Panda, Vietnam

It’s time to publish the first timeline of March containing the main events collected in the news during in the third month of this troubled 2020. In this timeline I have collected 77 events (including 5 occurred in February), so it’ a sharp drop in comparison to February. I wonder if…

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