Security News > 2022 > May > Kaspersky report identifies new ransomware trends for 2022

According to Kaspersky in a new report, cybercriminals continue to use ransomware to threaten nationwide retailers and enterprises, as old malware variants come back while new ones develop.

A careful technological and geopolitical analysis from late 2021 and 2022 brings Kaspersky to list a few new trends in ransomware.

The Big Game Hunting model has made it so that ransomware threat actors have been penetrating more and more complex environments.

Conti threat actor affiliates make use of different ransomware versions.

Freeud, a brand new ransomware variant supporting Ukraine, contains a message in the ransom note saying that Russian troops should leave Ukraine.

Deploy email protection/anti-phishing solutions, as ransomware threat actors might use spear phishing to target the company.

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