Security News > 2021 > October > How to combat the most prevalent ransomware threats
Over the second quarter of the year, 73% of ransomware detections were related to the REvil/Sodinokibi family, while Darkside attacks expanded to more industries, McAfee says.
In its latest Advanced Threat Research Report, McAfee looks at the most prominent ransomware strains for the second quarter of 2021 and offers advice on how to combat them.
Looking at such top ransomware groups and strains as Ryuk, REvil, Babuk and Cuba, McAfee noted that criminals are increasingly using standard business practices to farm out their activities to affiliates.
Beyond detecting a surge in ransomware attacks by popular families over the second quarter, McAfee found that criminals expanded their efforts to more sectors.
The sector most targeted by ransomware during the second quarter was the government, according to McAfee.
A McAfee blog post from June focused on VMware virtual machines and described how to patch them against security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by ransomware.