The reduction in ransomware strains reflects mature and successful capabilities, focusing on business-critical data exfiltration before deploying ransomware.
LockBit 3.0 was the dominant ransomware family in the past year, followed by ALPHV/BlackCat, BianLian, Play, Medusa, and Black Basta.
Ransomware attacks are underreported, with nearly 5,600 attacks observed in a 14-month period. LockBit 3.0 remained a top threat despite law enforcement action.
Defenders should focus on understanding ransomware tactics, which now involve exfiltrating data from critical systems before ransomware deployment.
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