Cyber crime dominated the first half of August 2026, driving 108 confirmed incidents in just fifteen days. Malware remained the attacker's weapon of choice, a third of breaches traced back to an exploited public-facing application, and Public Administration emerged as the hardest-hit sector.

A single-page visual breakdown of the 108 cyber attacks recorded between August 1–15, 2026 — from the motivations behind them and the sectors hit hardest, to the tactics attackers used to get in.

103 confirmed cyber incidents reported between 15 and 31 July 2026 — including attacker motivations, top techniques, initial access vectors, hardest-hit sectors, and targeted countries, all in one interactive HACKMAGEDDON timeline.

103 confirmed cyber incidents reported between 15 and 31 July 2026 — including attacker motivations, top techniques, initial access vectors, hardest-hit sectors, and targeted countries, all in one interactive HACKMAGEDDON timeline.

Cyber Crime dominated the first half of July 2026, driving 76.5% of all confirmed activity, with Malware the clear weapon of choice at 43.5% of attack techniques. Exploitation of public-facing applications (MITRE T1190) led initial access methods at 27.6%, while Information & Communication infrastructure bore the brunt of targeting, accounting for 32% of sector hits — well ahead of Public Administration and Financial Services.

85 confirmed cyber incidents shaped the first half of July 2026, with cyber crime accounting for more than three-quarters of all attacks. Malware — spanning RATs, infostealers, spyware, and backdoors — was the dominant weapon, involved in 37 of 85 incidents (43.5%). Information & Communication infrastructure emerged as the hardest-hit sector, targeted in nearly 1 in 3 sector mentions.

Between 16–30 June 2026, 96 confirmed cyber incidents shaped the threat landscape — Cyber Crime drove roughly 8 in 10 attacks, malware remained the top weapon, and Information & Communication infrastructure took the hardest hit.

Security vendors were prime targets in the first half of 2026, with 55 confirmed exploitation incidents involving 66 CVEs across the main vendors. Explore the full interactive timeline and charts.

The cyber attacks timeline for 1-15 June 2026 is out with 80 confirmed events dominated by cyber crime, malware, and exploitation of public-facing applications. Information & Communication led the most targeted sectors, while supply chain was under fire.

The threat landscape during May H1 was dominated by cyber crime and characterized by malware attacks, while the exploitation of public-facing applications led the initial access.

In the second timeline of April 2026 I collected 108 events, corresponding to an average of 7.2 events per day, a number that confirms a growing trend, driven by the increasing number of supply chain attacks, compared to the previous timeline, where I collected 94 events (6.27 events/day).

The first timeline of April 2026 brings an evolution in terms of methodology: from now on I will map the initial access techniques with the MITRE ATT&CK model. I also decided to merge the categories of Finance and Fintech in the sectors chart. From an event perspective, the first half of April 2026 confirmed a sustained trend...

The second half of March 2026 has been very active from an infosec standpoint, with 124 events and a threat landscape dominated by malware. As always, cyber crime led the motivations chart with 65%, slightly up from the previous timeline.

In the first half of March 2026 I collected 95 events (6.34 events/day) with a threat landscape dominated by malware once ahead of account takeovers and ransomware.

In the second half of February 2026 I collected 80 events with a threat landscape dominated by malware with 42%, ahead of account takeovers and ransomware.

In the first half of February 2026 I collected 96 events (6.4 events/day) with a threat landscape dominated by malware with 33%, (it was 38% in the second half of last month, once again ahead of ransomware (up to 20% from 14%), and account takeovers, down to 8% from 14%.

In this blog post I am collecting the campaigns that show evidence of being AI-generated, or make use of AI tools to increase their impact. As always I will continue to update the list as soon as new campaigns emerge.

After the first timeline of January 2026, it’s time to publish the list of the main cyber attacks occurred in the second half of the month, between 16 and 31 January 2026.

And I am back with the 1-15 January 2026 cyber attacks timeline. In the first timeline of January 2026, I collected 61 events (4.07 events/day) with a threat landscape dominated by malware with 36%, a direct comparison with the previous timelines is not fair, since I changed the criteria for the timeline, and the previous one dates back to more than one year ago, ahead of account takeover with 15% and ransomware, with 11%.

The exploitation of vulnerabilities targeting remote access technologies to gain initial access is continuing relentlessly also during 2025, with initial access brokers, and in general opportunistic and targeted threat actors, quite active in leveraging software flaws to break into organizations.