Updated Jan. 6, 2023 7:06PM
The Readable’s subscribers can access a monthly ransomware report by S2W. The report includes specific numbers about ransomware groups and their victims in addition to the numbers of newly opened data leak sites by ransomware groups. By reviewing these numbers, our readers will be able to get an idea of the overall threat landscape of the ransomware ecosystem. Sojun Ryu for The Readable provides reports representing his team’s work regarding threat intelligence.
Takeaways
In December 2022:
- A total of 239 companies’ data were uploaded onto leak sites by ransomware groups. This is the largest number in the past three months.
- LockBit turned out to be the most active ransomware group, uploading 56 companies’ data onto their leak sites.
- Companies in the manufacturing industry were targeted the most by ransomware groups, making up 22.1% of the total. In addition, the number of construction companies that have fallen victim to ransomware groups has almost doubled during the final month of 2022 compared with the previous month.
Specifics
Newly discovered data leak sites in December 2022
Ransomware groups and activities in December 2022: Percentage of each ransomware group in companies that were uploaded onto data leak sites
Top five countries by number of leak sites their data appeared on
Top five industries by number of leak sites their data appeared on
The next monthly ransomware index report will be published in early February.
