Innostage research: Hackers slowed down activity on certain branches in summer 2024

Experts of the Cyberthreat Counteraction Center Innostage SOC CyberART conducted a study of hacking activity in the Russian IT segment for the summer season 2024, identifying key trends in attacks by cyber intelligence tools using open data (OSINT).

In particular, the seasonal trend of decreasing number of IS-incidents such as defacement and leaks of unique user data was identified. On the contrary, DDoS attacks were carried out one and a half times more often.

Main trends of hacker activity in summer 2024 according to Innostage experts:

The trend towards attacks of the “contractor compromise” vector continue 

Unique data leaks dropped sharply in summer

FakeBoss-style phishing attacks are within annual averages

Reduce defacement incidents by 50%

The number of attacked domains has increased by 42%