Has your interest and concern for cybersecurity sparked yet? These visual real-time threat maps may widen your perspective and maybe even drop your jaw. Every second, someone or some organization is being attacked from hackers worldwide. Attacks don’t just happen in or from the U.S. and sometimes we are not the victims. Want to see who is attacking who? What industries are the most targeted? What types of attacks are occurring most frequently? There are many threat maps out there by great cybersecurity organizations, but I will list my top 5 threat maps below and a brief overview of what each offers.

Kaspersky

First on the list and my favorite, Kaspersky Lab has the most interactive and visually appealing real-time map. The map provides you with options to select the type of On-Access Scan, manually spin the globe to view and select any country in the world, or if that’s too much eye candy for you, the option to toggle to a flat map view. It also provides statistics on attacks, data sources, and recent buzz feeds on cyberattacks. Their data is based on their anti-virus/malware and scanning services at Kaspersky Lab.

FireEye

Although not as visually appealing as Kaspersky’s or most others, it is very simple and clean. I provides real-time data on the top 5 industries being attacked in the past 30 days, the type of attacks, and current number of attacks. Not too much going on in this map, but it is easy on the eyes to see who the attackers are and who is getting attacked.

Norse

My second favorite is probably Norse Corp’s map, IPViking. It includes detailed information about live attacks that show the timestamp, attacker’s organization, location, IP address, and the target’s (victim) location, service, and port number. Various other information includes attack targets, attack origins, and attack types which shows you the most frequent type in a transparent bar graph style.

Arbor Networks Digital Attack Map

Unlike the others, this map allows you to travel back in time to see a history of attacks up to four years. This map is a history book compared to others, but it provides you with options to choose three types of attacks, filter attacks by color, bandwidth, shape, and other historical data. This map can be an eyesore for some as it is hard to see the attack lines and who is attacking who. With the correct filters, it can be simplified. Their data is provided by 270+ Internet Service Provider customers worldwide.

ThreatCloud

Definitely a favorite for it’s simplicity and visual appeal. ThreatCloud’s site provides you with the option to filter the top target of attacks by country and view it’s average infection rate, most frequent attack source, and the type of attack. It also displays a real-time chart that displays the time, type of attack, source, and target of the attacks.

Has your perspective widen a bit or your jaw still dropped? When you visually see how many attacks happen every second of the day, it’s not wonder why Cybersecurity is a growing occupation. Cyberattacks happen everyday and it is important that people take preventative measures to protect their assets and organizations to properly secure themselves to mitigate daily cyberattacks.

Sources
Kaspersky – Cyberthreat Real-Time Map
FireEye – Cyber Threat Map
Norse – IPViking Cyberthreat Map
Arbor Networks Digital Attack Map
ThreatCloud – Live Cyber Attack Threat Map