Security News > 2022 > January > Ransomware attacks decrease, operators started rebranding

There's been an increase in the share of attacks against individuals, and also a rise in attacks involving remote access malware.

The researchers believe one key reason for the change is the decrease in ransomware attacks and the fact that some major players have quit the stage.

This is also why the share of attacks aimed at compromising corporate computers, servers, and network equipment has fallen, from 87% to 75%. "This year we saw the peak of ransomware attacks in April when 120 attacks were recorded. There were 45 attacks in September, down 63% from the peak in April. The reason is that several large ransomware gangs stopped their operation, and law enforcement agencies started paying more attention to the problem of ransomware attacks," said Ekaterina Kilyusheva, Head of Research and Analytics, Positive Technologies.

The research shows that although the share of malware attacks on organizations decreased by 22%, the attackers' appetite for data also led to an increase in the use of remote access trojans.

In attacks on organizations, this share grew from 17 to 36%, whereas in attacks against individuals, remote control trojans made up more than half of all used malware.

In Q3 the share of attacks involving remote access trojans increased 2.5 times over Q1. The analysis shows that in Q3, the share of attacks conducted by an APT group increased to five percent of the total number of attacks against users.

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