Positive Technologies, a cybersecurity firm, has conducted an in-depth analysis […]

Ransomware groups have recently added a variety of other extortion techniques to their arsenal, such as launching DDoS attacks and contacting victims’ customers, making it even more difficult for defenders.

According to the findings of the second edition of the report, the ransomware empire’s winning streak continued, with the average ransom demand increasing by 45 percent to $247,000 in 2021.

Ransomware assaults are becoming more common, resulting in millions of dollars in reputational harm, recovery costs, extorted ransom payments, revenue loss, and the inability to operate vital infrastructure, among other things

Group-IB researchers assess the rising complexity of the global threat landscape and highlight the ever-growing significance of threat actor coalitions in the report, which examines cybercrime developments in H2 2020–H1 2021.