Cybersecurity Attack Types
Cybersecurity Attack Types is a structured technology dataset with 25 entries. Its fields include Attack Type, Category, Severity. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 25 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- LLM Generated
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Attack Type, Category, Severity, Notable Example, Primary Prevention.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Category groups
- 10 distinct values
- Across 25 preview rows
- Severity groups
- 3 distinct values
- Across 25 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Attack Type, Category, and Severity across technology entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 25 downloadable records
Attack Type↕ | Category↕ | Severity↕ | Notable Example↕ | Primary Prevention↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Phishing | Social Engineering | High | 2016 DNC email hack via spear-phishing | Security awareness training, email filtering |
Ransomware | Malware | Critical | WannaCry (2017) — 200,000+ systems in 150 countries | Regular backups, patch management, endpoint protection |
SQL Injection | Web Application | Critical | Heartland Payment Systems breach (2008) | Parameterized queries, input validation, WAF |
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | Web Application | High | Samy worm on MySpace (2005) | Output encoding, Content Security Policy |
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) | Network | High | Dyn DNS attack (2016) — took down Twitter, Netflix | DDoS mitigation services, rate limiting, CDN |
Man-in-the-Middle | Network | High | Superfish adware on Lenovo laptops (2015) | TLS/SSL encryption, certificate pinning |
Zero-Day Exploit | Vulnerability Exploit | Critical | Stuxnet (2010) — targeted Iranian nuclear centrifuges | Threat intelligence, defense in depth, rapid patching |
Credential Stuffing | Authentication | High | Spotify credential stuffing (2020) — 350K accounts | Multi-factor authentication, password managers |
Supply Chain Attack | Software Supply Chain | Critical | SolarWinds Orion hack (2020) — 18,000 organizations | Vendor auditing, SBOM, code signing verification |
Brute Force | Authentication | Medium | iCloud celebrity photo leak (2014) | Account lockout policies, CAPTCHA, rate limiting |
DNS Spoofing | Network | Medium | Brazilian bank DNS hijack (2017) | DNSSEC, DNS monitoring, secure resolvers |
Buffer Overflow | Memory Exploitation | Critical | Code Red worm (2001) — exploited IIS buffer overflow | Memory-safe languages, ASLR, stack canaries |
Insider Threat | Human | High | Edward Snowden NSA leak (2013) | Principle of least privilege, DLP, behavioral analytics |
Cryptojacking | Malware | Medium | Coinhive script on 4,000+ government websites (2018) | Ad blockers, endpoint monitoring, browser extensions |
API Abuse | Web Application | High | Facebook API data scraping — Cambridge Analytica (2018) | API rate limiting, OAuth scopes, input validation |
Watering Hole | Social Engineering | High | US Department of Labor website compromise (2013) | Browser isolation, web content filtering, patching |
Session Hijacking | Web Application | High | Firesheep tool for WiFi session stealing (2010) | HTTPS everywhere, secure cookie flags, session rotation |
Rootkit | Malware | Critical | Sony BMG rootkit on music CDs (2005) | Secure boot, integrity monitoring, EDR solutions |
Typosquatting | Social Engineering | Medium | Fake Python packages on PyPI (2017) | Package verification, dependency scanning, awareness |
Side-Channel Attack | Hardware | High | Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities (2018) | Microcode patches, kernel isolation, hardware mitigations |
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Web Application | Medium | Netflix CSRF vulnerability (2006) | CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, origin checking |
Keylogger | Malware | High | Zeus banking trojan (2007) — stole millions in credentials | Anti-malware, virtual keyboards, behavioral detection |
ARP Spoofing | Network | Medium | Common in public WiFi attacks | Dynamic ARP Inspection, VPN, network segmentation |
Privilege Escalation | Vulnerability Exploit | Critical | Dirty COW Linux kernel vulnerability (2016) | Principle of least privilege, kernel patching, containerization |
Business Email Compromise | Social Engineering | Critical | Ubiquiti Networks — $46.7M BEC fraud (2015) | Email authentication (DMARC/DKIM), verification procedures |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Cybersecurity Attack Types organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 25 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 25 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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