Hacktivism

November 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:December 23, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:December 23, 2020

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

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:December 3, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:December 3, 2020

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

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:December 3, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
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

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:November 11, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:2 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
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

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:September 24, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
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.

Credit to TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay

16-30 June 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:September 23, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Timelines Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:August 12, 2020

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...

June 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:August 13, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:August 13, 2020

Time to publish the statistics derived from the cyber attacks timelines of June. In total I have collected 187 events, a number comparable to May (184), despite in this case we must consider that...

May 2020 Cyber Attacks Statistics

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:July 16, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Statistics Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:4 mins read
Post published:July 16, 2020

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...

Photo by Soumil Kumar from Pexels

16-31 May 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:July 15, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Timelines Security
Post comments:0 Comments
Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:July 15, 2020

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...

1-15 May 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline

Post author:Paolo Passeri
Post last modified:June 19, 2020
Post category:Cyber Attacks Timelines Security
Post comments:2 Comments
Reading time:3 mins read
Post published:June 19, 2020

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.