Security News > 2020 > March > Ransomware getting more fearsome, but there’s reason for optimism

Cybercriminals continued a barrage of attacks in 2019, spurred on by botnets of infected IoT devices and by attacker interest in the Eternal Blue vulnerability.

A report from F-Secure documents a steep increase in attack traffic in 2019 that was unmatched by previous years.

After 2.9 billion in the first half of the year, the yearly total rings in at 5.7 billion attacks.

Countries where the most attacks were directed were the Ukraine, China, Austria and the US. The most common delivery method for ransomware during the period was via manually installed/second stage payloads at 28%, followed by email/spam.

"And with attacks becoming more sophisticated, such as ransomware infections that escalate into data breaches, it's more important than ever for organizations to improve their cyber defenses in preparation for these attacks."

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