Ransomware attack levels soaring, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware

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Ransomware attacks have reached ‘stratospheric’ levels in Q2 2021, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware. That is among the most disturbing finding in the latest report from Positive Technologies. The research also reveals that the volume of attacks on governmental institutions in particular soared from 12% in Q1 2021 to 20% in Q2. And the company’s Expert Security Center during the quarter discovered the emergence of B-JDUN, a new RAT used in … More

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