Ransomware attacks targeting South America increased from 35 to 404 in December vs November.

Europe was the second most targeted region, with 18% of ransomware attacks, or 100 attacks, in December 2024.

The second most active ransomware group in December was Clop with 68 attacks, followed by Akira with 43 attacks and RansomHub with 41 attacks.

There was a 58% month-on-month increase in attacks targeting Asia in December, rising from 58 attacks in November to 92.

December 2024 saw the highest monthly volume of global ransomware attacks ever recorded, with 574 attacks detected by NCC Group. This is the highest number since they began monitoring ransomware activity in 2021.

Ransomware remains the greatest threat (46%) to financial organisations.

ZeroFox observed at least 4,950 separate ransomware and digital extortion (R&DE) incidents throughout 2024, which is significantly more than the approximately 4,000 incidents observed during 2023.

The ransomware-as-a-service actor FunkSec was the most active in December 2024, responsible for 103 attacks, which is about 18% of all recorded attacks for the month. Check Point reported that FunkSec claimed to have targeted 85 victims in December.

There was 211 US healthcare ransomware victims in 2023 and 268 in 2024, a 27% increase.

There was an 80% year-over-year increase in ransomware activity in energy and utilities sector.

Only 37.4% of healthcare ransomware victims reported attacks to the HHS in 2023.

There was 211 US healthcare ransomware victims in 2023 and 268 in 2024, a 27% increase.

Only 37.4% of healthcare ransomware victims reported attacks to the HHS in 2023.

There was a 32.16% increase in healthcare ransomware attacks from 2023 to 2024.

The industrials sector was the most heavily targeted sector, facing 24% of all ransomware attacks, totaling 1364, in December 2024.

The most active ransomware groups targeting healthcare in 2024 were: Everest: 25% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, INC Ransom: 21.7% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, Monti: 20.8% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, Rhysida: 18.5% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, BianLian: 15% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, Qilin: 14% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations, and Black Suit: 14% of attacks focused on healthcare organisations.

47% of ransomware attacks against energy and utilities sector were in the United States.

North America remained the most targeted region in December, accounting for 52% of ransomware attacks. The number of attacks in this region, however, decreased from 326 in November to 300 in December.

There were 66 ransomware healthcare victims in Q1 2024, 87 healthcare victims in Q2 2024, 99 healthcare victims in Q3 2024, and 121 healthcare victims in Q4 2024.

There were 66 ransomware healthcare victims in Q1 2024, 87 healthcare victims in Q2 2024, 99 healthcare victims in Q3 2024, and 121 healthcare victims in Q4 2024.