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Hackers use AI to set a record for attacks on Russian companies.
In July 2026, a record number of web attacks on Russian companies was recorded in Russia – 417 million. Attacks refer to malicious attacks on websites, personal accounts, and other web applications. By comparison, 274 million such attacks were recorded in July of last year, a 41% decrease. These data were cited by the Solar WAF web application protection service team of Solar Group, a comprehensive cybersecurity provider. Analysts attribute the increase in activity to the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools among attackers, which automate attacks.
Solar WAF specialists have been monitoring the same sample of web applications from several dozen companies since January 2024. Attacks began to increase in May 2026, reaching 284 million web incidents, a 64% increase from April. This trend continued in June, with 317 million attacks on online services. The peak occurred in July, with 417 million attacks, an all-time high for the entire observation period. Of these, 71% were in transportation and logistics, 15% in the public sector, 8% in IT, and the remaining 6% in retail, energy, and other industries.
Analysts also emphasized that 93% of all recorded web incidents in July involved scanning of organizations' online applications. These scans are used to find vulnerabilities in web resource code that could subsequently be exploited in various attacks, leading to data breaches and other consequences.
"The wave of attacks from May to July was a large-scale reconnaissance operation—searching for weaknesses in protected web applications. The increase in activity is due to the introduction of AI into attackers' toolkits, which allows less-skilled specialists to perform scanning and deliver significantly more results per unit of time. This explains the surge in incidents, which peaked in July," noted Alexey Pashkov, Head of WAF at Solar Group .
Pashkov noted that a sharp decline began in August, following a record high in July. He attributes this to hackers possibly switching from mass scanning attacks to more labor-intensive attacks involving attempts to exploit previously discovered vulnerabilities.
In July 2026, a record number of web attacks on Russian companies was recorded in Russia – 417 million. Attacks refer to malicious attacks on websites, personal accounts, and other web applications. By comparison, 274 million such attacks were recorded in July of last year, a 41% decrease. These data were cited by the Solar WAF web application protection service team of Solar Group, a comprehensive cybersecurity provider. Analysts attribute the increase in activity to the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools among attackers, which automate attacks.
Solar WAF specialists have been monitoring the same sample of web applications from several dozen companies since January 2024. Attacks began to increase in May 2026, reaching 284 million web incidents, a 64% increase from April. This trend continued in June, with 317 million attacks on online services. The peak occurred in July, with 417 million attacks, an all-time high for the entire observation period. Of these, 71% were in transportation and logistics, 15% in the public sector, 8% in IT, and the remaining 6% in retail, energy, and other industries.
Analysts also emphasized that 93% of all recorded web incidents in July involved scanning of organizations' online applications. These scans are used to find vulnerabilities in web resource code that could subsequently be exploited in various attacks, leading to data breaches and other consequences.
"The wave of attacks from May to July was a large-scale reconnaissance operation—searching for weaknesses in protected web applications. The increase in activity is due to the introduction of AI into attackers' toolkits, which allows less-skilled specialists to perform scanning and deliver significantly more results per unit of time. This explains the surge in incidents, which peaked in July," noted Alexey Pashkov, Head of WAF at Solar Group .
Pashkov noted that a sharp decline began in August, following a record high in July. He attributes this to hackers possibly switching from mass scanning attacks to more labor-intensive attacks involving attempts to exploit previously discovered vulnerabilities.