Despite current of law enforcement action to take down ransomware gangs, Secureworks has observed a 30% year-on-year rise in active ransomware groups. In the eighth edition of the Secureworks annual State of The Threat Report[1], the firm identified 31 new groups that had entered the ransomware ecosystem in the last 12 months. The report noted that while a few big players had previously dominated the threat landscape, it is now home to a broader set of emerging entities.[2]
The top four most
