Barracuda just released a report on Ransomware findings, here: https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/2023-Ransomware-insights-report.pdf .

Here are a few of the highlighted stats:

• Barracuda international survey finds 73% of organizations experienced a successful ransomware attack in 2022 — 38% were hit more than once.
• 42% of those hit three times or more paid the ransom to restore encrypted data — compared to 31% of victims hit just once.
• 69% of ransomware attacks began with an email.
• 27% of organizations feel underprepared to tackle ransomware.

 

Fleming Shi joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the findings and ways to better prepare for these attacks.

This segment is sponsored by Barracuda. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more about them!

 

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