(ANSA) – MILAN – Global cyber attacks based on ransomware continue to grow and mainly affect small and medium-sized enterprises. The experts of the security agency Yoroi say so, who tell how according to some data, about 80% of the organizations that paid the ransom after the first attack were hit by the ransomware a second time. In that case, the attacks become even more targeted, with SMEs particularly exposed.
There have been 167 accidents globally in the past month and 31 in the past week alone. The numbers speak for themselves: the Lockbit group of criminals made about 900 victims while the pro-Russian Conti were attributed almost 850 victims.
“Unfortunately, the level of sophistication of these criminal gangs is increasing” says Marco Ramilli, CEO of Yoroi (Tinexta Group) “But we cannot give in to blackmail for four reasons. The first: there is never certainty that after payment criminals will hand over the cryptographic key to unlock hostage data or systems. Then the data released after an attack can be corrupted; the modus operandi of the bandits is that once the victim is attacked and obtained a ransom, they will continue to do so, many times over. and finally, the various gangs could pass information on the victims to each other so that they can be attacked again by other groups “. In recent days, Kisa, the South Korean cybersecurity agency, has released the program to unlock systems blocked by Hive Ransomware, a group that has also attacked Italian companies. “The result was possible thanks to the joint work of state, universities and private organizations through a research project funded by the Korean government in 2021” say Yoroi “and this shows how collaboration between different subjects can offer important benefits to all and not. only to the single local ecosystem “.
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Source: Ansa
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