Technology Reseller v41

technologyreseller.co.uk 19 Key findings Businesses have become preferred targets because they can and will pay more to get their data back. of ransomware demands were more than $50k were ransomware victims in both their business and personal lives of ransomware attacks consumed 8 or more man- hours of work of victims were deceived by a malicious website email link or attachment of businesses said their clients were also impacted by the attack of victims were unaware of the infection for more than 24 hours of businesses said the attack harmed their brand or reputation of victims were unable to recover their data, even after paying the ransom 50% 40% 46% 38% 50% 45% 45% 17% Signs pointing to a decline in ransomware are no cause for celebration. Webroot’s 2021 Threat Report gleaned from our BrightCloud Threat Intelligence service reveals that attacks are declining but only because ransomware has become more targeted, better implemented, and much more ruthless, with criminals specifically targeting higher value and weaker targets. Although some businesses partially follow cybersecurity best practices, gaps in security exist because the threat surface area is so large, and because cyberthieves are so good at exploiting the gaps.