Webinar Replay

Attacks on VPNs Help Drive Ransomware Activity to New Highs

Key takeaways:

• Increase in ransomware activity: 2,453 victims were posted to leak sites in Q4, making it the highest quarter on record and representing a 48% increase over Q3.

• Qilin dominates the threat landscape: With 551 victims in Q4, Qilin accounted for 22% of all ransomware attacks and more than doubled its Q3 activity following aggressive affiliate recruitment.

• Attacks on VPNs continued: For the second quarter in a row, the major tactical story was attacks on VPN technology, particularly a category known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN.