Global cyberattacks rose by
7%
in Q1 2023 compared to Q1 2022.
Companies faced an average of 1,248 cyberattacks per week.
The education and research sector experienced the highest number of attacks, with an average of 2,507 per organization per week, a 15% increase compared to Q1 2022.
The increase could be credited to the use of ChatGPT for code generation that can help less-skilled threat actors effortlessly launch cyberattacks, Trojanizing the 3CX Desktop app for
a supply chain attack, and leveraging the critical unauthorized RCE Vulnerability in the Microsoft Message Queuing service.
Geographically, the Asia-Pacific region experienced the highest YoY increase in weekly attacks, with an average of 1,835 per company, which is 16% more than in 2022.
North America followed with a 9% YoY increase, resulting in 950 average weekly attacks per organization.
