[SoW] W2 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb

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Hotsauce | S2W TALON

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 64 victim companies were mentioned on ransomware leak sites based on 9 attack groups that had been update in the past week
  • HQ of ransomware victim companies is the highest in the United States, accounting for 37.5% of the total victimized companies
  • Among all ransomware attack groups, Vice Society accounted for 29.7% of the activity, showing the highest activity

1.1. TOP 5 targeted countries

  1. USA — 37.5%
  2. Italy — 7.8%
  3. Germany — 6.3%
  4. France & United Kingdom — 4.7%
  5. Canada & Others — 3.1%

1.2. TOP 5 targeted industrial sectors

  1. IT — 14.1%
  2. Financial — 9.4%
  3. Materials & Healthcare — 7.8%
  4. Education & Manufacturer — 6.3%
  5. Government — 4.7%

1.3. TOP 5 Ransomware

  1. Vice Society — 29.7%
  2. Conti — 20.3%
  3. LockBit — 15.6%
  4. CoomingProject — 12.5%
  5. Everest — 9.4%

2. Weekly highlighted the post @TALON

[SoW] W2 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] W2 Sep | EN | Story of the week: Ransomware on the Darkweb | by S2W | S2W BLOG | Medium