Security News > 2020 > February > Increased monetization means more ransomware attacks
Organizations are detecting and containing attacks faster as the global median dwell time, defined as the duration between the start of a cyber intrusion and it being identified, was 56 days.
Consultants attribute this trend to organizations improving their detection programs, as well as changes in attacker behaviors such as the continued rise in disruptive attacks which often have shorter dwell times than other attack types.
While internal dwell time saw the greatest level of improvement, still 12% of investigations continue to have dwell times of greater than 700 days.
The successful monetization of ransomware attacks and the availability of ransomware as a service have contributed to an increase in overall ransomware cases.
Given the ease with which ransomware attacks can be carried out and their continued financial success for attackers, it is expected that ransomware will continue to be used as a secondary means for monetizing access to victim environments.
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