For organisations without the proper IT and cybersecurity maturity, often SMBs, ransomware is present in 88% of breaches

94% of energy firms are pushing to adopt AI-driven cybersecurity due to revenue losses and disruptions caused by ransomware and phishing.

Of the organizations that experienced a successful ransomware attack last year, 86% admitted they paid a ransom to recover their data.

Of all the malware cases, 28% involved ransomware, followed by backdoors and webshells, at 20% and 13% respectively.

41% of respondents at middle market organisations said their existing security measures were completely successful against ransomware attacks.

Extortion following a ransom demand occurred in 12% of cases.

35% of respondents in larger middle market companies reported at least one ransomware attack or request.

28% of respondents at middle market organisations said their existing security measures were partially successful against ransomware attacks.

Ransomware made up 28% of malware cases in 2024.

15% of smaller middle market organisations reported at least one ransomware attack or request.

Among middle market companies that experienced at least one ransomware attack, 31% said existing security measures were unsuccessful.

X-Force observed a decline in ransomware incidents overall for the third year.

Ransomware comprises nearly one-third (28%) of malware incident response cases and 11% of security cases.

Analysis of dark web data reveals a 25% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year.

Manufacturing had the highest number of ransomware cases in 2024.

25% of surveyed executives at middle market organisations reported experiencing at least one ransomware attack or demand in the previous 12 months.

EDRSandBlast variants were detected in waves of attempted ransomware attacks throughout 2024, including a dramatic peak around the US Thanksgiving holiday in November

Ransomware cases accounted for 70 percent of Sophos Incident Response cases for small business customers in 2024.

Ransomware cases accounted for over 90 percent of Sophos Incident Response cases for midsized organisations (from 500 to 5000 employees) in 2024.

The average price of "junk gun" ransomware obtained from an underground marketplace is $375.