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- 12 May 2026
Firm Shares Insights into Ransomware Trends and Tactics @ International Anti-Ransomware Day-2026
On International Anti-Ransomware Day, May 12, Kaspersky shares a report with an overview of ransomware trends that marked 2025 and insights into what the threat landscape holds in 2026. According to…
- 2 May 2022
Ransomware Hit 71Per Cent of Nigerian Organizations - Sophos' Annual State of Ransomware Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released its annual international survey and review of real-world ransomware experiences in the State of Ransomware 2022. Chester…
- 11 Aug 2016
Kaspersky Unleashes Free Anti-Ransomware Tool for Businesses
Kaspersky Lab has launched Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware Tool for Business – a free software that offers complementary security to protect corporate users from ransomware. To identify ransomware…
- 26 Jul 2023
Ransomware Attacks in Nigeria Increased by 7Per Cent in H1 2023 Compared to H1 2022
Ransomware remains one of the main threats to information security globally and in the META region. In 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack was US$4.54 million (according to IBM’s data…
- 24 Nov 2017
Sophos Identifies Top Ransomware Families in Africa
Cyber security vendor Sophos has identified the top ransomware families that affected Africa in 2017. According to Sophos, the Ceber ransomware accounted for 80% of attacks in Africa, followed by…
- 9 May 2024
Kaspersky Reports Show Every Third Cyber Incident was Due to Ransomware
Ahead of International Anti-Ransomware Day on May 12, Kaspersky's latest research reveals a concerning trend in the global cybersecurity landscape, with ransomware attacks accounting for every third…
- 12 Nov 2024
Kaspersky Identifies New Stealthy Ransomware
Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team has identified a previously unseen ransomware strain in active use, deployed in an attack following the theft of employee credentials. The ransomware,…
- 9 Mar 2022
Sophos Research Details How Conti Gang, Karma Dual Ransomware Attack Hold Businesses Hostage
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Wednesday released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24 hours…
- 11 May 2023
Ransomware Attacks Reaches Highest Level as 66% of Organisations Surveyed fell Victim to adversaries - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released its annual “State of Ransomware 2023 ” report, which found that in 76% of ransomware attacks against…
- 23 Jun 2022
Sophos Global Survey Shows 94% Increase in Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations in 2021
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022.” The findings reveal a 94% increase in ransomware…
- 17 Mar 2023
Kaspersky Releases Tool for Decrypting Ransomware that was used Against Businesses, State Institutions
Kaspersky has published a new version of a decryption tool that helps victims of a ransomware modification based on a previously leaked Conti source code. Conti is a ransomware gang that has…
- 2 Aug 2017
Ransomware Shuts Down 1 in 5 Small Businesses after it Hits
Ransomware hit one third of small-to-medium businesses worldwide last year, and experts say the "human factor" was often to blame. When it comes to ransomware, it only takes one person to cripple the…
- 28 Jun 2017
Petya Ransomware: Sophos Assures Customers of Security
Sophos has assured its customers of adequate protection from the new Variant of Petya Ransomware, also known as Petrwrap/Petyawrap. “Sophos is responding to a new variant of the Petya ransomware…
- 4 Nov 2025
Ransomware Threats Persist in Retail Sector, Sophos Report Warns
Sophos, a global cybersecurity firm, has raised fresh concerns over the growing complexity of ransomware threats in the retail sector, as it released its fifth annual State of Ransomware in Retail…
- 26 Sept 2024
Two-Thirds of Healthcare Organisations were Hit by Ransomware in 2024: Sophos
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released a sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024,” which revealed that the rate…
- 8 Nov 2017
SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast Shows No Platform Immune from Ransomware
By peter oluka Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced its SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast, a report that recaps ransomware and other cybersecurity trends based on…
- 31 May 2023
How Major Gangs’ Shutdown Affected Ransomware Trends for 2023
Ransomware has been making headlines for the past several years. In their quest for profit, attackers have targeted almost every type of organisation, from healthcare and educational institutions to…
- 22 Dec 2023
Sophos CryptoGuard Technology Reveals How Attackers Increased Their Use of Remote Ransomware by 62% Annually
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released a report, titled “CryptoGuard: An Asymmetric Approach to the Ransomware Battle,” which found that some of…
- 2 Nov 2023
75% of Healthcare Organizations Fall for Ransomware Attacks - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Thursday shared its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023,” which revealed that, among…
- 28 Apr 2021
Ransomware Recovery Cost Reaches Nearly $2 Million- Sophos Survey Shows
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its global survey, “The State of Ransomware 2021,” which reveals that the average total cost of recovery from…
- 20 Feb 2024
Experts say Targeted Ransomware Groups Have Grown in Numbers and Sophistication
In-depth research by Kaspersky experts shows a surge in the number of targeted ransomware groups globally by 30% from 2022 to 2023. In parallel to this increase, the number of victims of targeted…
- 30 Jun 2026
Kaspersky Warns of The Gentlemen Ransomware Group Expanding Operations with New Malware
New Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) research into the rapidly growing ransomware group known as The Gentlemen has showed that the attackers have evolved their tactics through new…
- 12 May 2020
Paying Ransom Fuels Cost of Recovering from a Ransomware Attack, Sophos Warns
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which reveals that paying cybercriminals to restore data…
- 8 Sept 2022
Retail Industry is the Second Most Targeted Industry by Ransomware in 2021, Sophos Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of…
- 9 Nov 2023
Ransomware Attack: Only 26 Percent of Retail Organizations Were Able to Halt Cybercriminals from Encrypting Their Data- Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Thursday shared findings from its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023,” which found that…
- 11 Sept 2025
Education Sector Strengthening against Ransomware, but IT Teams Pay Personal Price - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has released its fifth annual Sophos State of Ransomware in Education report. The global study of 441…
- 6 Aug 2024
Sophos Uncovers How Ransomware Groups Weaponize Stolen Data to Increase Pressure on Targets Who Refuse to Pay
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, Tuesday released a new dark web report, “Turning the Screws: The Pressure Tactics of Ransomware Gangs,” which…
- 5 Dec 2025
Manufacturers Block More Ransomware, But Data Theft Surges - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today announced new findings from the Sophos State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2025 report.…
- 2 Jul 2025
Firm Explores the Evolution of AI-powered Ransomware with Password-gated Capabilities
Kaspersky experts have revealed the inner workings of FunkSec — a ransomware group that illustrates the future of mass cybercrime: AI-powered, multifunctional, highly adaptive and operating on volume…
- 15 Jul 2022
Sophos Survey Shows Increase in Ransomware Attacks on Education Institutions
Sophos , a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022 . The findings reveal that education institutions –…