The third quarter of 2023 saw a 6.5% increase in cyber attacks with 1,108 events. Cybercrime led the charts with 79.7% of motives, mostly using malware techniques. Exploitation of vulnerabilities ranked second, majorly affecting multiple industries and healthcare and financial sectors.
The second cyber attack timeline of September 2023 showed a decrease in events and a continuation of malware attacks. Massive hacks targeted fintech organizations like Mixin Network, and some breaches affected millions of individuals. The timeline also includes activities by various known and new threat actors.
The first cyber attack timeline of September 2023 reveals a record-breaking 13.93 events/day, a worrying increase from August's downward trend. Ransomware and malware attacks continue to be prevalent, making up 39.7% of the threat landscape, a rise from 34.5%. The impact of vulnerabilities remains vital, but it's in decline. Fintech is under significant pressure, with malicious actors breaching CoinEX and Stake.com, stealing large amounts of crypto assets. Numerous organizations, such as Freecycle, Pizza Hut Australia, and Traderie, fell victim to extensive data breaches.
After the cyber attacks timelines (part I and part II), it’s time to publish the statistics of August 2023 where I have collected and analyzed 336 events, a number relatively...
This post ends my infosec Summer... In the second timeline of August, I collected 165 events, corresponding to...
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After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics of June 2023 where I have collected and analyzed 384 events, yet another record number driven...
New victims of attacks carried out by the Clop (AKA Cl0p) ransomware gang exploiting the CVE-2023-34362 MOVEit vulnerability emerged even during...
In the first half of July 2023, I collected 161 events (corresponding to 10.73 events per day), a number that...
I have aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the second quarter of 2023. In total I have collected 1040 events...