Industries most targeted by web application attacks 2023

Between November 2022 and October 2023, the financial industry was the most targeted by basic web application attacks worldwide. Institutions in this sector saw 184 such incidents in the measured period. The second-most targeted was the information sector, with 144 attacks, while the professional sector ranked third, experiencing 127 incidents of basic web application attacks.

Global industry sectors most targeted by basic web application attacks from November 2022 to October 2023

Characteristic	Number of incidents
Finance	184
Information	144
Professional	127
Public administration	106
Manufacturing	77
Healthcare	64
Education	37
Transportation	37
Retail	33
Entertainment	32
Other services	24
Real estate	22
Mining/Utilities	15
Accommodation	14
Construction	10
Administration	1

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023

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excluding incidents and breaches affecting individuals that cannot be tied to an organizational attribute loss

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "All incidents included in this report were reviewed and converted (if necessary) into the VERIS framework to create a common, anonymous aggregate data set.
The incident must have at least seven enumerations (e.g., threat actor variety, threat action category, variety of integrity loss, et al.) across 34 fields OR be a DDoS attack. Exceptions are given to confirmed data breaches with less than seven enumerations . The incident must have at least one known VERIS threat action category (hacking, malware, etc.).
We also exclude incidents and breaches affecting individuals that cannot be tied to an organizational attribute loss."

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