Ransomware Damage To Cost The World $74B In 2026 - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Ransomware Damage To Cost The World $74B In 2026 - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Cybersecurity Ventures publishes a chart at RansomwareCost.com containing our calculations of global ransomware damage cost predictions from 2015 to 2031. For this year, 2026, we predict that ransomware costs will reach $74 billion annually. The 2026 calculation breaks down to $6.2 billion per month, $1.42 billion per week, $203 million per day, $8.5 million per hour, $141,000 per minute, and $2,400 per second. Our first ever prediction, for 201…

Ransomware Damage To Cost The World $74B In 2026

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Feb. 4, 2026 –Read the full story Cybersecurity Ventures publishes a chart at RansomwareCost.com containing our calculations of global ransomware damage cost predictions from 2015 to 2031. For this year, 2026, we predict that ransomware costs will reach $74 billion annually. The 2026 calculation breaks down to $6.2 billion per month, $1.42 billion per week, $…

Ransomware Groups Surge In Q4 2025 – Cyble Insights

Ransomware groups claimed more than 2,000 attacks in the last three months of 2025 – and they’re starting 2026 at the same elevated pace.  Cyble recorded 2,018 claimed attacks by ransomware groups in the fourth quarter of 2025, an average of just under 673 a month. The threat groups maintained that pace in January 2026, claiming 679 ransomware victims.  By comparison, in the first nine months of 2025, ransomware groups averaged 512 claimed victi…