Techniques for Ransomware Detection

The NCC Group Annual Threat Monitor report states that ransomware attacks rose 93 percent in 2021. While there were 1,389 such attacks in 2020, they soared to 2,690 in 2021. The U.S. was the prime target, accounting for more than half of the attacks, followed by Europe at 30 percent. The industrial and public sectors were the most popular verticals (both at 19.35 percent) followed by consumer cyclicals (16.13 percent). NCC Group added that ransomware accounts for 65.38 percent of all incidents its global cyber incident response team dealt with for the year.