Sophos has released its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” survey report, which found that the average ransom payment has increased 500% in the last year. Organisations that paid the ransom reported an average payment of $2 million, up from $400,000 in 2023. However, ransoms are just one part of theRead More…
Sophos has introduced several new solutions that advance critical defenses against active adversaries. Sophos exposes how these active adversaries are now carrying out ransomware “fast” attacks in mere hours in “The 2023 Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners”. The Sophos X-Ops report showcases the forensics of fast smash-and-grab ransomware attacks and theRead More…
Sophos today released its Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders 2023, an in-depth look at attacker behaviors and tools during the first half of 2023. After analyzing Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases from January to July 2023, Sophos X-Ops found that median attacker dwell timeRead More…
Sophos has released its Active Adversary Report for Business Leaders, an in-depth look at the changing behaviors and attack techniques that adversaries used in 2022. The data, analyzed from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases, identified more than 500 unique tools and techniques, including 118 “Living off the Land”Read More…
Sophos has published a new survey report, “The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on Defenders,” which found that, globally, 93% of organisations find the execution of some essential security operation tasks, such as threat hunting, challenging. These challenges also include understanding how an attack happened, withRead More…
Of the organizations surveyed that paid the ransom, the average cost was $2,036,189—more than double the cross-sector average of $812,360 Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors—$2,036,189Read More…
Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in this sector. In 2021, 66% of healthcare organizations were hit; 34% were hit the previous year.Read More…
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, announced findings from its survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2021,” that show how mid-sized financial services organizations worldwide spent more than $2 million on average recovering from a ransomware attack.Read More…
