Ransomware Detection
We've curated 10 cybersecurity statistics about Ransomware detection to help you understand how innovative technologies and proactive practices are evolving to identify and mitigate these malicious attacks in 2025.
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99% of security leaders express confidence in their ability to detect ransomware attacks.
49% of ransomware victims admit they detected their last attack too late to prevent significant damage.
13.11% of ransomware incidents involved encryption as the detected phase.
17.59% of ransomware incidents involved reconnaissance as the detected phase.
ExtraHop detects ransomware every 1.5 days across its customer base.
29.27% of ransomware incidents involved initial access as the detected phase.
22.00% of ransomware incidents involved lateral movement and privilege escalation as the detected phase.
12.00% of ransomware incidents involved data exfiltration as the detected phase.
Organizations cited an average dwell time of nearly 2 weeks for threat actors prior to a ransomware incident.
30.6% of organizations recognized they were being targeted by ransomware during or after data exfiltration had already begun.