Q4 2020 Doxxing Victim Trends: Industrial Sector Emerges as Primary Ransom “Non-Payor”

See how doxxing victims are distributed across industries, company sizes, and revenue tiers. Find Coveware’s data and analysis on doxxing trends in Q4.

Bill SiegelFebruary 23, 2021Quarterly Report

Ransomware Payments Fall as Fewer Companies Pay Data Exfiltration Extortion Demands

Coveware’s Q4 Ransomware Report finds that fewer companies are paying criminal extortionists that are holding stolen data for ransom.

Bill SiegelFebruary 1, 2021Quarterly Report

Why Small and Medium-Sized Professional Service Firms Are a Big Target for Ransomware Attacks

See the realities of ransomware attacks on small and medium-sized professional service firms and what factors lead to increased vulnerability.

Bill SiegelJanuary 3, 2021

Ransomware Demands continue to rise as Data Exfiltration becomes common, and Maze subdues

Ransomware attacks in Q3 2020 were marked by a larger reliance on stolen data. During the quarter, Maze sunset their operations while Ryuk restarted their campaign.

Bill SiegelNovember 4, 2020Quarterly Report

State and Local Cybersecurity: Defending Our Communities from Cyber Threats Amid COVID-19

Read Coveware’s prepared testimony on defending state and local organizations from ransomware.

Bill SiegelOctober 25, 2020

Ransomware Attacks Fracture Between Enterprise and Ransomware-as-a-Service in Q2 as Demands Increase

During the first quarter of 2020 ransomware threat actors took advantage of the economic and workplace disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. A proliferation of new variants were observed as some regular ransomware types began to fade. Read on!

Bill SiegelAugust 3, 2020Quarterly Report

Managed Service Providers: Still Not Appreciating the Risk of Ransomware

Ransomware attacks against MSPs increase the blast radius of the attack to every downstream client endpoint. We coordinated a survey with NinjaRMM to determine if MSPs are considering this risk correctly.

Bill SiegelJuly 20, 2020

Ransomware Payments Up 33% As Maze and Sodinokibi Proliferate in Q1 2020

During the first quarter of 2020 ransomware threat actors took advantage of the economic and workplace disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. A proliferation of new variants were observed as some regular ransomware types began to fade. Read on!

Bill SiegelApril 29, 2020Quarterly Report

Free Ransomware Help for Coronavirus Healthcare Providers

Coveware has teamed up with Emsisoft to offer free assistance to any frontline healthcare organization hit with ransomware during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Bill SiegelMarch 18, 2020

Ransomware Costs Double in Q4 as Ryuk, Sodinokibi Proliferate

Ransom demands more than doubled between Q3 and Q4 of 2019, as multiple variants gained broader distribution amongst enterprises large and small.

Bill SiegelJanuary 23, 2020Quarterly Report

The Marriage of Data Exfiltration and Ransomware

Ransomware and Data Exfiltration are being combined to further complicate the lives of victims. How will this new development shake out?

Bill SiegelJanuary 10, 2020

How the Ransomware Economy Has Grown

The ransomware cyber extortion economy has exploded over the last 2 years. How did we get here so fast?

Bill SiegelJanuary 2, 2020

Phantom Incident Scam Threatens Release of Corporate PII

Several new types of Phantom Incident Scams are trying to extort victims based on old social engineering tricks.

Bill SiegelNovember 21, 2019

Reduce the Risk of Ransomware by 90%, for Free, in One Day

How to reduce the risk of a ransomware attack in a single day, at no additional cost by 90%.

Bill SiegelNovember 20, 2019

Ransomware Payments Rise as Public Sector is Targeted, New Variants Enter the Market

Coveware’s Q3 2019 report aggregates ransomware statistics such as average demands, data recovery rates, and network attack vectors.

Bill SiegelNovember 1, 2019Quarterly Report

Ransomware Sentiment After a Summer of Headlines

Ransomware and media coverage of ransomware ran rampant over the summer of 2019. We break down prevailing sentiment with our views.

Bill SiegelOctober 8, 2019

A Consumer’s Guide to Protecting Important Data From Ransomware

A guide for consumers that will help prevent data loss from ransomware or other threats. Follow this guide to ensure your data is preserved!

Bill SiegelAugust 30, 2019

Ransomware Amounts Rise 3x in Q2 as Ryuk & Sodinokibi Spread

Coveware’s Q2 2019 Ransomware Marketplace report aggregates statistics such as cyber extortion demands, ransomware data recovery rates, and network attack vectors from ransomware attacks.

Bill SiegelJuly 16, 2019Quarterly Report