Our Ransomware Trends Report is a comprehensive retrospective report on cybercrime
activity worldwide. The report includes various sections with statistics on the size of the
ransomware attack by industries, countries, ransomware groups, and company sizes.
We aim to help security leaders infer the size trends of companies targeted in the
ransomware sector and understand the scale of data for which threat actors have
planned their attacks based on over 1218 studied incidents.
This report covers the recorded attacks in the 3rd quarter of 2024 and compares them
to the 2nd quarter of 2024. CMC Telecom Cyber Threat Intelligence Team (CyberTI –
CMC Telecom) Cyber tracked 58 active threat groups in July, August and September
2024. Along side current statistics, significant news stories about ransomware attacks in
the past three months have been compiled and included in the report to refresh the
reader’s memory.
Our analysts have identified staggering ransomware incidents across 27 industry
subsectors with devastating consequences. The statistical distribution of these events
shows that 20.5% of them were related to Manufacturing, while 14.9% of the events
were in the Business Services. Additionally, 11.6% of the events were related to the
Retail sector.
The report also provides insights into various ransomware groups’ tactics and
techniques during attacks regarding vulnerabilities. Overall, our Ransomware Trends
Report provides valuable information for security leaders to understand current trends in
ransomware attacks and take proactive measures to protect their organizations from
future threats.
Sincerely,
CyberTI – CMC Telecom
RANSOMWARE TRENDS REPORT Q3 | 2024
