San Francisco: Ransomware attack globally jumped in the first half of 2021, with 304.7 million, exceeding a total of 2020 (304.6 million), a new report said.
After posting a record high in April and May, the Cybersecurity Sonicwall company recorded a new high of 78.4 million ransomware attacks in June 2021.
Ransomware showed a massive nail in the time in the US (185 percent) and Britain (144 percent).
“In a year driven by anxiety and uncertainty, cyber criminals continued to accelerate attacks on innocent people and vulnerable institutions,” Bill Conner, President and CEO, Sonic Wall, said in a statement.
“This latest data shows that sophisticated threat actors are tirelessly adapting their tactics and embrace Ransomware to reap financial gains and disputes sow,” Conner added.
Accounting for 64 percent of all recorded Ransomware attacks, Ryuk, Cerber and Samsam are the top three ransomware families in the first half of this year, as recorded by Sonicwall Capture Labs, the report said.
The top five of the most influenced by Ransomware in the first half of 2021 were US, British, Germany, South Africa, and Brazil.
“With long distance work still widespread, the business continues to be very exposed to risk, and criminals are very aware of uncertainty in all cyber landscapes,” Conner said.
“It is very important that the organization moves towards a modern cybersecurity approach that is unlimited to protect against known and unknown threats, especially when everyone is further, more mobile and less safe than before,” he added.
In line with nails in global data, the researchers also recorded a worrying ransomware nail across the main vertical, including the government (917 percent), education (615 percent), health care (594 percent) and retail (264 percent) organization.