The IT Nerd

BlackFog today released the November State of Ransomware Report. Key findings for the month of November from Dr. Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog:

• “Unusually, November saw the second highest number of ransomware attacks this year, a 180% increase year over year with a total of 42 attacks. There seems to be no end in sight, with recent insurance statistics demonstrating a general lack of preparedness. In fact, providers are now mandating more serious levels of protection before underwriting any new cybersecurity policy.
• The biggest changes this month saw the persistent use of data exfiltration at 89% and a further increase in the use of PowerShell, now utilized in 86% of all attacks.
• The greatest increases by industry involved Healthcare and Manufacturing with increases of 26% and 25% respectively. Smaller increases were observed in Education and Government, with 14% and 13% respectively, but continue to be the most targeted industries. Typically, these organizations struggle due to financial and skill shortages (please refer to BlackFog’s latest research article @ https://www.blackfog.com/cybersecurity-leaders-consider-quitting/). 
• LockBit easily took the lead this month in terms of variants with a 33% increase in successful attacks followed by BlackByte and BlackCat with increases of 25% and 14% respectively.”

Today’s full report can be found here: https://privacy.blackfog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BlackFogRansomwareReport-Nov-2022.pdf

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