BlackFog today released the State of Ransomware report for March 2023. And Dr. Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog had this commentary on the report:
“March witnessed a total of 28 ransomware attacks. While lower than January and February, this still represents a 4-year high, with a 12% increase over previous years. Most notably we continue to see the flow of effects from unreported attacks. March saw 1,403% of attacks going unreported, up from 478% and 543% in January and February respectively. Nearly a 3-fold increase from previous months.
March also saw Education increase its lead as the most targeted sector, increasing by more than 53%, with 26 attacks for the year, followed by government and healthcare with increases of 33% and 13% respectively.
LockBit continues to dominate as the key ransomware variant with 24.3% of reported attacks and 41.4% of unreported attacks. It should be noted that the sheer volume of unreported attacks this month was dominated by LockBit, and we expect this to be reflected in the disclosed attacks over the coming months. Similarly, both CLOP and Royal were highly leveraged in unreported attacks with 11.4% each.
Lastly, we note that it is now becoming less common for attacks to remain unclaimed as ransomware gangs seek notoriety, with only 14% unclaimed this month. We have also seen continued use of data exfiltration in more than 88% of attacks, with March witnessing a significant increase in the use of illegal networks, up 14% to 94% since February.”
Today’s full report can be found at: https://privacy.blackfog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BlackFogRansomwareReport-Mar-2023.pdf
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BlackFog Releases Their State of Ransomware Report For March 2023
BlackFog today released the State of Ransomware report for March 2023. And Dr. Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog had this commentary on the report:
“March witnessed a total of 28 ransomware attacks. While lower than January and February, this still represents a 4-year high, with a 12% increase over previous years. Most notably we continue to see the flow of effects from unreported attacks. March saw 1,403% of attacks going unreported, up from 478% and 543% in January and February respectively. Nearly a 3-fold increase from previous months.
March also saw Education increase its lead as the most targeted sector, increasing by more than 53%, with 26 attacks for the year, followed by government and healthcare with increases of 33% and 13% respectively.
LockBit continues to dominate as the key ransomware variant with 24.3% of reported attacks and 41.4% of unreported attacks. It should be noted that the sheer volume of unreported attacks this month was dominated by LockBit, and we expect this to be reflected in the disclosed attacks over the coming months. Similarly, both CLOP and Royal were highly leveraged in unreported attacks with 11.4% each.
Lastly, we note that it is now becoming less common for attacks to remain unclaimed as ransomware gangs seek notoriety, with only 14% unclaimed this month. We have also seen continued use of data exfiltration in more than 88% of attacks, with March witnessing a significant increase in the use of illegal networks, up 14% to 94% since February.”
Today’s full report can be found at: https://privacy.blackfog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BlackFogRansomwareReport-Mar-2023.pdf
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