The Autumn has begun, and I can finally publish the first timeline of September 2021. Despite we are still far from the highest peaks of activity of this year, in this timeline...
I am catching up with the cyber attacks timelines for this troubled 2020, which has nearly come to an end. I am happy to publish the first timeline of December, covering the most important events occurred in the first two weeks of this month. Before going into the details let me say that you will hopefully note a change. Starting from this timeline, I have decided to report three different dates for each event...
It's time to publish the second timeline of July covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the second half of the same month. A timeline where I have collected 86 events (including 6 occurred outside the considered interval), which is a value substantially in line with the previous list (89).
Here's the first timeline of July! This fortnight I have collected 89 events (including 6 that occurred in the previous month), a number in line with the previous timeline (84 events) that confirms a certain stabilization of the trend after the peaks of the first quarter, likely due to the impact of COVID-themed attack.
Here it comes! The second timeline of May is ready (first timeline here), covering the main cyber attacks occurred between…
Here we go with the second timeline of July (first part here) covering the main cyber attacks occurred between July…
So, let's close the Infosec June 2017 with the second timeline covering the main cyber attacks occurred between June 16th…
Here's the second timeline of May covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the second half or the month (first…
Here's the first timeline of June containing the main cyber attacks occurred in the first half of the month. It…
The first half of November is gone, so it’s time for the list of the main cyber attacks occurred during these fifteen days.
Confirming the trend of the last months, the activity has been quite sustained. For sure, the most remarkable attack has targeted the Turkish branch of HSBC, and has affected 2.7 million customers, whose credit cards have been compromised (and apparently the bank has decided not to issue new cards for the impacted users).
Again the operations related to cyber espionage have played an important role: some new campaigns have come to light (for instance Darkhotel), and also several noticeable attacks have been discovered, like the one against the United States Postal Service (600,000 users affected) or the one against the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Even hacktivists have been quite active: the RedHack collective has reemerged from several months in stealth mode (they claim to have deleted 650,000 USD worth 0f electricity power debt), and some hackers claiming to be affiliated to the Anonymous collective have performed similar operations in Italy (in parallel with the delicate social and economical period) and the Philippines.
If you want to have an idea of how fragile our electronic identity is inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011, 2012, 2013 and now 2014 (regularly updated). You may also want to have a look at the Cyber Attack Statistics, and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.
Also, feel free to submit remarkable incidents that in your opinion deserve to be included in the timelines (and charts).