Classification of cyber incidents
reported to NÚKIB
2
Percentage of representation in incidents
2022
2023
58 % ↗ 64 %
Availability
Intrusions
12 % ↗ 14 %
10 % ↘ 9 %
Information security
Malicious code
8% → 8%
11 % ↘ 2 %
Fraud
Intrusion attempt
Other
Information Gathering
Offensive content
0% ↗ 2%
3% ↘ 2%
0% ↗ 1%
0% → 0%
Availability - Availability disruption caused by DoS/DDoS attacks or sabotage
Intrusions - Compromising of applications or user accounts
Information security - Unauthorized data access, unauthorized data modification
Malicious code - Viruses, worms, Trojan horses, dialers or spyware
Fraud - Phishing, identity theft or ICT unauthorized use
Intrusion attempt - Vulnerability exploitation attempts, login attempts etc.
Information Gathering - Scanning, sniffing, social engineering
Visualization 2: Classification of cyber incidents reported to NÚKIB
In terms of incident classification, incidents targeting the availability of websites or services were dominant in relation to the high number of observed
DDoS attacks. This category also includes incidents caused by technical errors
leading to system failures.³
The second largest category was intrusions, mainly consisting of social engineering attacks, most often in the form of
phishing, leading to the compromise of
email or other accounts. The third most
frequently recorded incident category
was information security, ransomware
attacks being prevalent.
² Classification of cyber incidents is based on ENISA taxonomy: Reference Incident Classification Taxonomy – ENISA (europa.eu)
³
Under the provisions of the current Act on Cybersecurity, regulated entities are required to report all cyber incidents, i.e., information
breaches in information systems, security breaches in services or security breaches in the integrity of electronic communications networks
due to a cybersecurity incident.
14