Cyber Warfare

16-31 January 2021 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Post last modified:February 22, 2021
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Post published:February 8, 2021

It’s time to publish the second timeline of January 2021 covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the second half of this month. In this timeline, I have collected...

2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:January 13, 2021

As 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.

January 2021 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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It'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...

December 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:January 11, 2021

And finally the last blog for the 2020 monthly statistics series is here! For sure you know that the statistics are derived from the corresponding timelines, and maybe you also know that in the next few days I will publish the aggregated data for 2020...

November 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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After the two timelines, I can finally publish the corresponding cyber attacks statistics. This month I have analyzed 196 events, and the clear decrease compared to October is mainly due to...

October 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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t's time to publish the statistics for October derived from the two cyber attacks timelines. For this month, I have taken into consideration 223 events, despite you need to consider that 17 events alone are related to 17 companies, whose data (an aggregated of 34 million records) was put on sale on October 28.

September 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:November 11, 2020

After the two cyber attacks timelines of September, it's time to publish the corresponding statistics. In this month I have collected a total of 201 events, which represents the new record, after the 197 of August. The Daily Trend chart reflects...

August 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:October 15, 2020

After the cyber attacks timelines, it's time to publish the statistics for August. If you believed that the summer could slow down the criminal business, you will be disappointed. In August I have analyzed a total of 197 events, the highest value so far and an increase compared to July (184 events analyzed).

July 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

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Post published:September 24, 2020

It's time to publish the statistics derived from the cyber attacks timeline of July (part I and part II). As previously mentioned this month has been characterized by ransomware (throughout the entire period, but we are used to it), and mega breaches, a trend that resurrected in the second part of the month. Easily predictable the two characterize the statistics of the month.

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16-30 June 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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It's time to post the second timeline of June, where I have collected 84 events (including 4 that were published in the first half of the month). This number confirms a decreasing trend, likely due to the diminishing impact of the COVID-19-themed attacks. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for ransomware: new samples emerge on a regular basis and...