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Recent Statistics & Reports
The TrickBot malware family has extorted more than US$724 million in cryptocurrency from victims since 2016.
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RansomwareTrickBot
The Dragon RaaS emerged in 2024.
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RansomwareRaaSDragon RaaS
Double extortion remains the most common approach.
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RansomwareExtortionDouble extortion
A new quadruple extortion tactic is being used in ransomware campaigns, which builds on double extortion by using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt business operations and harassing third parties (like customers, partners, and media) to increase the pressure on the victim.
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RansomwareExtortionQuadruple extortion
Nearly half the cryptomining attacks analysed by Akamai researchers targeted nonprofit and educational organizations.
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RansomwareCryptomining Nonprofit
Application-layer DDoS attacks against the financial sector increased 23% between 2023 and 2024.
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Financial DDoS
In 2024, the financial services sector was the top target of volumetric DDoS attacks.
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Financial DDoS
There was a major spike in volumetric DDoS attacks targeting the financial sector in October 2024.
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Financial DDoS
The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 38% of all volumetric DDoS attacks in the financial sector, up from 11% in 2023.
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Financial DDoSAsia Pacific