Warning: Shark Attacks Are on the Rise 11.19K Brian Moylan 02/08/11 05:52PM Filed to: Danger Danger Sharks Shark Attacks Studies shutterstock Tweetg Tweetv 2010 witnessed the highest number of shark attacks in a decade. Close down the beaches! Before you feed into the false panic, note there were only 79 shark attacks last year around the whole world, up from 63 in 2009.