With the continuous advancement of technology and the increasingly complex attack strategies of hacker organizations,two thousand and twenty-fouryearGlobal ransomware attacks are showing an increasingly severe trend, with their impact reaching unprecedented heights，Becoming a major challenge in the field of cybersecurity.

data display，two thousand and twenty-fourMore data breaches in the first half of the yeartwo thousand and twenty-threeIncreased in the second half of the year59.58%The number of black industry gangs involved in real data leakage incidents has nearly doubled.A security agency in 2024Annual trackingThe 231A ransomware organization, accumulatedextortionThe total number reachessixteen thousand four hundred and fiftyName. Security companyOrange CyberdefensePublishedtwo thousand and twenty-fourThe report on online ransomware points out that in the pasttwelveThe number of enterprise data subjected to ransomware attacks in the past month has sharply increased, with a year-on-year growth of up to77%.

In addition,Ransomware extortionThe amount is alsoCreate a new onehigh.ChainalysisCompany DatadisplayIn the first half of the year, victims of ransomware paid attackers more thanfour point five nineBillion US dollars, an increase from last yearone thousandTen thousand dollars. Median ransom fromtwo thousand and twenty-threeYear'sone hundred and ninety-eight thousand nine hundred and thirty-nineThe US dollar has increased totwo thousand and twenty-fouryearsixMid monthone hundred and fiftyTen thousand dollars. Among them,Dark AngelsRansomware organization from a wealthfiftyStrong enterprises gainseven thousand and five hundredA ransom of ten thousand US dollars broke the previous record.

More notably,The forms and strategies of ransomware attacks have also become more diverse. Ransomware organizations not only use traditional encryption methods to extort ransom, but also begin to use data trafficking methods to steal core confidential data of enterprises and sell it to the outside world for profit. In addition, withAIWith the continuous development of technology, ransomware organizations have begun to exploit itAILarge models are used to enhance attack capabilities, reduce attack thresholds and costs.

In terms of attack strategy, ransomware organizations generally adopt“The Great Hunt”With“opportunism”Two strategies. Head extortion organizations are more inclined to adopt“The Great Hunt”These organizations will conduct in-depth research on enterprisesPossible vulnerabilities，Long term lurking and opening up attack paths. Launch attacks against a few high-value companies to obtain huge ransom payments. and“opportunism”It is more inclined towards small and medium-sized enterprises, taking advantage of public loopholesWeak passwordOr use social engineering techniques to launch attacks. Although the return may be lower than“The Great Hunt”However, due to the large number of targets, extortion gangs can also receive good returns.

In response to these challenges,Global governments and businesses are actively exploring effective anti ransomware strategies while strengthening their network defenses. Among them,Data backupBecoming ImportantOne of the strategiesResearch has shown that the median recovery cost for ransomware victims who use backups is half that of victims who pay ransom. Therefore, building a secure and reliable data backup system, achieving pre health check of data, intelligent threat detection during the event, and rapid response and recovery after the event, has become an effective means of responding to ransomware attacks.