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As cyber criminals used increasingly aggressive techniques to compel firms into paying greater ransoms, the average ransomware payment surged 82 percent from 2020 to a record $570,000 in the first half of 2021.

REvil threat actors typically deployed ransomware encryptors using the legitimate administrative tool PsExec with a text file list of computer names or IP addresses of the victim network obtained during the reconnaissance phase.

Conti ransomware stands out as one of the most ruthless of dozens of ransomware gangs that we follow. The group has spent more than a year attacking organizations where IT outages can have life-threatening consequences.

Prometheus leverages double-extortion tactics and hosts a leak site, where it names new victims and posts stolen data available for purchase. It claims to have breached 30 organizations in government, financial services etc.

The impact of this attack is a reflection of the fact that ransomware operators are always on the move – improving, automating and becoming more effective at targeting larger and larger organizations.

Check Point Research (CPR) has observed a global surge in the number of ransomware attacks. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, there has been a 9% increase monthly in organizations affected ransomware.

The criminals behind Maze ransomware began incorporating this tactic of steal and share as additional extortion pressure in their ransomware operations. The first such incident occurred in November 2019 when the Maze crew released a portion of a victims’ stolen data in a show of force and added social pressure for the company’s lack of payment.

Serious players in the ransomware scene don’t use malware for which decryption tools are publicly available, however. At this point, incident response consultants may be able to determine how the actor was able to gain access to the victim organization’s infrastructure but that is heavily dependent upon factors like the actor’s “dwell time”

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