SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced
endpoint protection and remediation solution, today released the
company's latest quarterly threat report: Cybercrime techniques and
tactics (CTNT): Ransomware retrospective. This special, in-depth
ransomware edition of the CTNT explores the shift in ransomware
attacks from consumer targets to organizations, businesses,
municipalities and beyond, breaking out attack vectors and trends
region by region for an unprecedented view into ransomware
behavior.
As we approached Q2 2019, cybercriminals renewed a ransomware
focus on businesses, as consumer detections were poised to dip
below business detections of ransomware for the first time, an
expression of lost interest from cybercriminals on individual
targets as they look to higher value opportunities. Moving ahead
into the second half of 2019, ransomware is expected to continue to
evolve through manual and blended attacks with worm-like
functionality, as well as more paired attacks with other malware
families.
"This year we have noticed ransomware making more headlines than
ever before as a resurgence in ransomware turned its sights to
large, ill-prepared public and private organizations with easy to
exploit vulnerabilities such as cities, non-profits and educational
institutions," said Adam Kujawa,
Director of Malwarebytes Labs. "Our critical infrastructure needs
to adapt and arm themselves against these threats as they continue
to be targets of cybercriminals, causing great distress to all the
people who depend on public services and trust these entities to
protect their personal information."
Highlights from the report include:
- Overall ransomware detections against businesses between Q2
2018 and Q2 2019 have risen by 363 percent.
- From 2018 to 2019, Malwarebytes saw a 235 percent
increase in threats aimed at organizations from enterprises to
small businesses, with ransomware as a major contributor.
- Municipalities, educational institutions, and healthcare
organizations became prime targets, likely because of legacy
infrastructure, outdated hardware and software applications, and
lack of security funding in these sectors.
- Top ransomware families overall include: GandCrab, Ryuk,
Troldesh, Rapid and Locky. For business detections there was a
constant increase in detections of ransomware families,
particularly in Ryuk and Phobos. Ryuk detections increased by 88
percent over last quarter, while Phobos exploded 940
percent from Q1 2019.
- The rise and alleged retirement of GandCrab leading into the
emergence of Sodinokibi ransomware, another Ransomware as a Service
(RaaS) using similar technical components.
- Breakdown of ransomware by country (and state), with the
U.S. leading at 53 percent of detections, followed by
Canada at 10 percent and the
United Kingdom at 9 percent.
![Top 10 countries for ransomware Top 10 countries for ransomware](https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/958034/Country_Rank_by_Ransomware_Detections.jpg)
Recently launched just this week, Malwarebytes now offers an
incident response services to companies under active attack, their
Malware Removal Service (MRS). MRS provides rapid expert
intervention and triage to effectively manage and isolate a
critical malware incident. To learn more, visit:
https://press.malwarebytes.com/2019/08/06/malwarebytes-launches-cyber-first-responder-service-to-save-businesses-under-active-attack.
For the full report and more information about ransomware and
how to arm yourself, or your organization, against this threat,
visit:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/reports/2019/08/labs-quarterly-report-finds-ransomeware's-gone-rampant-against-businesses/.
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