Two particular ransomware groups have been very busy- but there are other ransomware threats out there too.
Over half of all ransomware attacks reported during the first three months of this year are the work of just two cyber criminal outfits.
According to analysis of recorded
ransomware attacks between January and March 2022 by cybersecurity researchers at
Digital Shadows,
LockBit 2.0 and
Conti were the two most active ransomware gangs during the three-month reporting period, accounting for 58% of all incidents.
And of the two, LockBit is by far the most prolific, accounting for 38% of ransomware attacks. That's almost twice the number of recorded attacks by the Conti ransomware group, which accounted for 20% of campaigns in the same period.
Both groups steal data from their victims and threaten to
publish it on leak sites if the ransom isn't paid. According to Digital Shadows, LockBit leaked the information of over 200 victims during the first quarter of the year – the most leaks thus far.
While these two gangs were the busiest, other threats included
Hive ransomware,
Vice Society ransomware and
Blackbyte ransomware, among others.
