Malware-related attacks jump by 54%
Malware-related attacks jump by 54%
Extensive analysis of cyberthreats in 2020 reveals a 91% jump in attacks on industrial companies and a 54% rise in malware-related attacks compared to 2019. Medical institutions ranked first in ransomware attacks, Positive Technologies reports.
The most popular targets
The total number of incidents grew by 51% compared to 2019. Seven out of 10 attacks were targeted. The most popular targets were government institutions (19%), industrial companies (12%) and medical institutions (9%).
In most cases, industrial companies were attacked by ransomware variants such as RansomExx, Netwalker, Clop, Maze, Ragnar Locker, LockBit, DoppelPaymer, and Snake (which deletes shadow copies before starting the encryption process, and has the ability to stop ICS-related processes).
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ThreatLabZ identified seven ransomware families that stood out as sources of double-extortion attacks. The most common was Maze, which accounted for 273 attacks in the last year. Even though Maze ceased operations in November 2020, it still outpaced the Conti ransomware, which took second place with 190 attacks.
The Ragnar Locker ransomware, which sets up a virtual machine on its target machine, focused the most on the manufacturing sector, with 22% of its attacks hitting those companies.
Doppelpaymer was also focused on manufacturing, targeting manufacturers in 15.1% of its incidents.
Manufacturing was also Conti s top target, attracting 12.4% of its attacks, while Sodinokibi/REvil featured manufacturing and transportation equally as its top target sectors.
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