Coveware published their Quarterly Ransomware Report on July 23, 2021. Most notable: The average ransom payment declined to $136,576 while the median fell to $47,008, levels not seen since the beginning of 2021. The decrease was primarily driven by a growing number of disparate Ransomware-as-a-Service brands that have proliferated recently, and which have diluted the …
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Coveware published their Quarterly Ransomware Report on April 26, 2021. Most notable: Q1 saw a reversal of average and median ransom amounts. The averages in Q1 were pulled up by a raft of data exfiltration attacks by one specific threat actor group that opportunistically leveraged a unique vulnerability. Here are some quick ransomware payment statistics …
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Coveware published their Quarterly Ransomware Report on February 1, 2021. Most notable: Fewer companies are giving in to cyber extortion when they are able to recover from back ups which has resulted in a large decline in average ransom amounts paid in Q4 2020. Here are some quick ransomware payment statistics from Coveware’s Q4 2020 …
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By Bryan Macario, Network Security Engineer at Tec-Refresh, Inc. Since RYUK’s inception back in August of 2018, its operators have earned an estimated $150 million worth of Bitcoin worldwide. That is a lot of money in a short period! I’ve had the opportunity to work with RYUK ransomware a few times, and my mom’s nursing facility …
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Coveware published their Quarterly Ransomware Report on November 4, 2020. One of the continuing trends in 2020: Average and median ransom payments continue to rise. Here are some quick ransomware payment statistics from Coveware’s Q3 2020 Ransomware Report. Q3 Highlights The average ransom payment for Q3 2020 was $233,817. This is up 31% from Q2 …
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Forrester’s Guide To Paying Ransomware helps security pros understand the process of responding to a ransomware incident and deciding if paying a ransom is the best business decision. A Ransomware Attack Is A Data Breach Unauthorized code execution by a third party that accesses and encrypts business-critical data is a data breach. Don’t just settle …
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