Outpacing Ransomware: Proactive Prevention Strategies

New Research Shows Despite Increase in Ransomware Attacks in 2024, There Was a Decline in Its Payments

According to Chainalysis, a blockchain intelligence firm, there was a decline seen in ransomware payments in 2024, with a 35% YoY drop. The ransomware price in 2023 was $1.25 billion average while it decreased to $813.55 million in 2024. It was also found that only 30% of the victims who negotiated with the ransomware actors paid the ransom payment. In 2024, it was found that a Fortune 50 company paid $75 million to Dark Angels ransomware group …

Outpacing Ransomware: Proactive Prevention Strategies

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2024 Ransomware Trends and Obversations

The FTI Cybersecurity team released a threat intelligence report examining ransomware trends and observations in 2024, including the diversification of ransomware strains, the proliferation of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), and the emergence of new cyber criminal groups of varying sophistications. The report details threat activity, offers a threat assessment, and provides recommended actions. Read the Report

Dark News is a weekly summary of cybersecurity news.Themes are produced and selected by Juan Brodersen according to these editing criteria.Subscribe now31 Jan>7 Feb$TL;DRThe ransom payments of ransomware, malware used to encrypt information and systems to ask for a ransom in return, went down all over the world.The information comes from a Chainalysis study that compared YoY the payments that could be tracked, which calls for taking the figures …