Explore the reality of ransomware’s impact and learn how to strengthen your defenses before it’s too late.
Ransomware attacks against enterprises are skyrocketing at an alarming rate, as highly-motivated hackers relentlessly bombard corporate defenses.
Of organizations were affected by cyber attacks at least once in the past 12 months.
Source: SpyCloud
In worldwide cybercrime costs are estimated annually by 2025.
Source: Cobalt
Ransomware attacks take place every day.
Source: getastra.com
Every
Ransomware is predicted to attack a business, consumer, or device by 2031, according to analysts.
Source: cybersecurityventures
Rise in number of ransomware attacks since 2019.
Source: getastra.com
The lure of enormous financial gains drives ransomware attackers to deploy increasingly sophisticated tactics that bypass existing security defenses and remain undetected longer, allowing them to inflict greater damage and demand higher ransoms.
In worldwide ransomware payments in 2023, up from $500M in 2022, breaking records as more victims are forced to pay ransoms.
Source: chainalysis
YoY increase in ransomware payments, as hackers employ more sophisticated tactics.
Source: Sophos
Yearly increase in ransomware cyber insurance claims.
Source: TechTarget
99%
Source: Bullwall.com
Of pen tests.
80%
Source: Bullwall.com
Of successful ransomware attacks.
50%
Source: BYOS
More than any other category, highlighting attackers’ motivation to stay undetected for longer.
10,000
Total number of unique ransomware variants since 2014.
500+
New ransomware variants reported in 2023 alone, pointing to rise of new groups.
Source: chainalysis
20-30
Novel ransomware identified by Elastio ransomware experts each week.
175%
Increase in number of malware variants in past 5 years.
Source: fortinet
Each year, fewer organizations successfully detect ransomware, demonstrating how existing measures are no longer enough to keep up with modern threats.
Enterprises successfully detected ransomware in 2024.
Of attacks took more than a week to detect.
Source: knowbe4
Cybersecurity leaders are not confident they could recover systems and data following a major incident.
Source: Commvault
Median ransom demand for victims without compromised backups.
