[SoW] W1 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb

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Hotsauce | S2W TALON

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SoW (Story of the Week) publishes a report summarizing ransomware’s activity on the Darkweb. The report includes summary of victimized firms, Top 5 targeted countries and industrial sectors, status of dark web forum posts by ransomware operators, etc.

1. Weekly Status

  • A total of 45 victim companies were mentioned on ransomware leak sites based on 8 attack groups that had been updated in the past week
  • HQ of ransomware victim companies is the highest in the United States, accounting for 37.8% of the total victimized companies
  • Among all ransomware attack groups, LockBit accounted for 40.0% of the activity, showing the highest activity
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1.1. TOP 5 targeted countries

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  1. USA — 37.8%
  2. Germany & Canada — 8.9%
  3. France — 6.7%
  4. Austria — 4.4%
  5. Others — 2.2%

1.2. TOP 5 targeted industrial sectors

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  1. Financial — 13.3%
  2. Retail & IT — 11.1%
  3. Media & Service — 6.7%
  4. Automotive & Others — 4.4%
  5. Others — 2.2%

1.3. TOP 5 Ransomware

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  1. LockBit — 40.0%
  2. CoomingProject — 26.7%
  3. Conti & Others — 6.7%
  4. Others — 4.4%

2. Weekly highlighted the post @TALON

[SoW] W1 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb was originally published in S2W BLOG on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Article Link: [SoW] W1 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb | by S2W | S2W BLOG | Sep, 2021 | Medium