As our world becomes increasingly data-driven, the impact of data breaches can also reach hundreds of millions or billions. In a world dominated by digital transformation, data breaches have reached unprecedented levels as attackers exploit the daily dependence on data

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.

The first is to determine whether the attack is still underway. If suspected it is, and don’t have the tools in place to stop it, determine which devices have been impacted and isolate them immediately.

When looking at the root cause of these attacks, ransomware was by far the most prominent, accounting for a whopping 54.95% of breaches. Ryuk stood out above the rest, repeatedly appearing in breach disclosures and accounting for 8.64% of ransomware-related breaches, followed by Maze (6.17%), Conti (3.7%) and REvil/Sodinokibi (3.09%).