Is Ransomware Outpacing Defense?
enterprise times, Thursday, December 28,2023
Ransomware attacks appear to be leveling out, with 66% of organizations experiencing attacks in both 2022 and 2023, according to The State of Ransomware 2023 report.
What is changing is the speed and nature of these attacks. Most recently, we've seen the Rorschach ransomware variant, which can partially encrypt 22,000 files in just 4.5 minutes, stealing the crown from LockBit, which previously held the title as the fastest variant at 7 minutes.
Encryption is not the only thing that ransomware has gotten quicker at. The ransomware window, the time it takes from the initial compromise and ransomware payload deployment to data encryption, has also shrunk from 5 days in 2021 to 4.5 days in 2022. Even more startling, the dwell time, or the time the attacker spends on the network, has halved from 22 days in 2021 to 11 days in 2022.