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April 2013 Cyber Attacks Statistics
As I do every month (unfortunately with a constantly growing delay, here are the statistics extracted from the cyber attacks timelines for April 2013.
As usual, let us begin with the Daily Trend Chart. The peak of April the 2nd seems to be quite an exception for a quiet month, showing a constant trend, except for the decrease towards the end.
Similarly to March, the Motivations Behind Attacks Chart confirms the predominance, inside the sample, of the attacks motivated by hacktivism, leading the chart with 56% (was 50% during the previous month).
And, again, similarly to March, DDoS leads the Distribution of Attack Techniques Chart with nearly 35%. SQLi ranks at number three with nearly the same value than the previous month (13.5%). It is worth to mention the rise of the cases of account hijacking, on the rise of the attacks carried on by the Syrian Electronic Army.
Again, the wave of DDoS attacks affects the Distribution Of Targets Chart, lead by Financial Targets with 32%, twice as much as the industrial sector, ranking at the second place with nearly 15%. Apparently the attention against the governmental targets is decreasing, as a result, they rank at number three with 10.7%.
As usual, please bear in mind that the sample must be taken very carefully since it refers only to discovered attacks included in my timelines. The sample does not pretend to be exhaustive but only aims to provide an high level overview of the “cyber landscape”.
If you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011, 2012 and now 2013 (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).
Related articles
- March 2013 Cyber Attacks Statistics (hackmageddon.com)
- 16-30 April 2013 Cyber Attacks Timeline (hackmageddon.com)
- 1-15 April 2013 Cyber Attacks Timeline (hackmageddon.com)
September 2012 Cyber Attacks Statistics
It’s time for the statistics derived from the Cyber Attacks Timeline of September 2012 (Part I and Part II).
I have decided to add another chart reporting the Daily Trend for the Cyber Attacks. According to collected data, the first week of the month has shown the higher concentration of events.
The Motivations Behind Attacks chart reveals the predominance of Cyber Crime which ranked, in September, at number one with the 55% of occurrences, followed by Cyber Crime, at number two with the 42% of occurrences. This is in contrast with the result of the previous month, in which the ranks were pratically inversed (respectively 58% Hacktivism and 36% Cyber Crime).
The Distribution Of Attack Techniques Chart confirms the predominance of SQL Injection over Distributed Denial Of Service. Interesting to notice the position of Targeted Attacks at the fifth place with the 5% of occurrences (I wonder how many will go undetected). Of course the main purpose of Targeted Attacks is to remain undetected for long time. Is the fact that they appear in the chart a sign of increasing detection capabilities by technological and human countermeasures?
Last but not least, the Distributon Of Targets Chart confirms the preference of Cyber Crooks against Government targets which rank at number one with the 23.6 of occurrences. Industry targets rank at number two with nearly 15% of occurrences, immediately before targets belonging to various organizations which rank at the third place with 12.2% of occurrences. Targets belonging to finance rank at number four with the 9% of occurrences, mainly due to the wave of DDoS Cyber attacks against U.S. Banks.
Again, I will never get tired of repeating that data must be taken very carefully since they do refer only to discovered attacks (the so-called tip of the iceberg), and hence do not pretend to be exhaustive but only aim to provide an high level overview of the “cyber landscape” of the considered period.
In any case, if you want to have an idea of how fragile our data are inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011 and 2012 (regularly updated), 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).
Related articles
- August 2012 Cyber Attacks Statistics (hackmageddon.com)
- July 2012 Cyber Attacks Statistics (hackmageddon.com)
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