July 2026 saw 188 confirmed cyber attacks across 69 countries, with financially motivated Cyber Crime driving three in four incidents. Malware remained attackers' weapon of choice, exposed public-facing applications were the most common way in, and Information & Communication infrastructure absorbed the heaviest share of targeting. Here's the full breakdown of who attacked, how, and where.

In H1 I recorded 1,071 confirmed cyber incidents. Financially motivated Cyber Crime drove nearly 7 in 10 attacks, malware remained the top weapon (40.5% of attack-vector entries), and exploitation of public-facing applications was the leading initial access technique (23.7%). Cyber Espionage accounted for roughly 1 in 5 incidents, with the Information & Communication sector bearing the heaviest targeting (26.1% of classified events).

Q2 2026 brought 578 recorded cyber incidents worldwide, with financially-motivated cyber crime accounting for over 71% of the total. Malware remained the attacker's weapon of choice, exploiting public-facing applications as the leading entry point. Information & Communication stood out as the hardest-hit sector.

June 2026 saw 176 confirmed cyber attacks. Cyber Crime drove three in four incidents, Malware remained attackers' weapon of choice, and Information & Communication infrastructure took the heaviest hit. This visual breakdown charts the month's motivations, attack vectors, initial access techniques, and hardest-hit sectors.

June 2026 saw 176 confirmed cyber attacks. Cyber Crime drove three in four incidents, Malware remained attackers' weapon of choice, and Information & Communication infrastructure took the heaviest hit. This visual breakdown charts the month's motivations, attack vectors, initial access techniques, and hardest-hit sectors.

During May 2026 I collected 165 events: Cyber Crime accounted for 73.8% of events, Malware remained the dominant weapon (48.8%) and Information & Communication was hit the most (37.6%)

In April 2026, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations, once again ahead of Cyber Espionage. Cyber Warfare took the third place, ahead of Hacktivism.

I aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the first quarter of 2026. In this period, I collected a total of 528 events (5.87 events/day) dominated by Cyber Crime with 66%, followed by Cyber Espionage with 18%, Hacktivism with 3%, and finally Cyber Warfare with 2%.

After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for March 2026 where I collected and analyzed 282 events: a sharp increase compared to the 176 events of the previous month. In March 2026, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations chart with 64%, ahead of Cyber Espionage at number two with 15%. Hacktivism took over the third position with 6%, ahead of Cyber Warfare with 3%.

After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for February 2026 where I collected and analyzed 176 events. In February 2026, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations chart with 62%.

After the cyber attacks timelines (part I and part II), it’s time to publish the statistics for January 2026 where I collected and analyzed 178 events. In January 2026, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations chart with 76%, ahead of Cyber Espionage at number two with 19%, and Cyber Warfare with just three events.

After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for February 2025 where I collected and analyzed 231 events. In February 2025, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations chart with 64% down from 75%, of February. Operations driven by Cyber Espionage ranked at number two with 20%, an important increase from 12% and once again ahead of Hacktivism slightly down to 3% from 4%. Only a single event was attributed to Cyber Warfare that closes the chart.

I aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in Q4 2024. In this period, I collected a total of 694 events dominated by Cyber Crime with 70%, slightly up from 65.5% of Q3.

After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for December 2024 where I collected and analyzed 209 events primarily driven by Cyber Crime.

In November 2024, Cyber Crime continued to lead the Motivations chart with 72%, up from 68% of October. Operations driven...

After the cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for October 2024 where I collected and analyzed 240 events...

I aggregated the statistics created from the cyber attacks timelines published in the third quarter of 2024. In this period, I collected...

After the corresponding cyber attacks timelines, it’s time to publish the statistics for September 2024 where I collected and analyzed 257 events. During September 2024...