A year ago, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope in the cybersecurity industry's long-running war of attrition against ransomware gangs. Fewer corporate victims of those hackers, it seemed, had paid ...
It's been a quiet week, with even threat actors appearing to take some time off for the holidays. We did not see much research released on ransomware this week, with most of the news focusing on new ...
2023 was the most devastating year yet for ransomware attacks, with businesses forking over $1 billion in ransom payments for the first time ever – and 2024 is expected to be even worse. Beyond the ...
A new report released today by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis Inc. finds that ransomware payments hit $1.1 billion in 2023, the highest amount of record and close to double the $567 million in ...
Government facilities were the third largest critical infrastructure sector targeted by ransomware attacks in 2023, according to cybercrime statistics released Wednesday by the FBI. The agency’s ...
The scourge of ransomware in the U.S. is “as bad as it has ever been,” with 2,207 governments, hospitals, and schools victimized by hackers in 2023, according to a new survey by the cybersecurity ...
Unit 42 is the threat intelligence and response arm of Palo Alto Networks and has recently released its Ransomware Retrospective 2024: Unit 42 Leak Site Analysis. In the report, Unit 42 found a "49% ...
It was a landmark year for ransomware in 2023 and a well-publicized one following the MOVEit and MGM Resorts beaches that shook the security industry. Not only did threat actors collectively pocket a ...
BOSTON -- Corvus Insurance today released its Q4 2023 Ransomware Report. Featuring data collected from ransomware leak sites, the report shows that while Q4 attacks were down slightly from Q3 2023, ...
A new report released today by cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition Inc. details a rise in cyber insurance claims in 2023, primarily driven by ransomware claims. In 2023, Coalition saw a 13% year ...
New research from Malwarebytes ThreatDown analysts shows that 2023 was the "worst year on record" for education, with a 105% jump in known ransomware attacks targeting the global education sector and ...
Ransomware payments in 2023 soared above $1.1 billion for the first time, shattering previous records and reversing the decline seen in 2022, marking the year as an exceptionally profitable period for ...