Woburn, MA – May 12, 2022 — / BackupReview.info / — Kaspersky has released a new report, “How business executives perceive the ransomware threat” showing that in 88% of organizations around the world that were previously attacked by ransomware, business leaders would choose to pay a ransom if faced with another attack. Across organizations that have yet to be victimized, only 67% would be willing to pay, and they would be less inclined to do so immediately. Ransomware remains a prominent threat, with nearly two-thirds (64%) of companies already having suffered an attack.
Large attacks on enterprises have occurred regularly in recent years, and the number of attacks almost doubled in 2021 alone. The trend raises the question of how businesses will react in the event of an attack and what their attitudes toward paying ransoms to the criminals behind them will be.
According to the report, if an organization has been the victim of ransomware in the past, they are increasingly likely to pay a ransom in the event of a new attack (88%). These companies are also more inclined to pay as soon as possible to get immediate access to their data (33% of previously attacked companies versus 15% of companies that have never been victimized), or to pay after only a couple of days of unsuccessful decrypting attempts (30% vs. 19%).
Business leaders within organizations that have previously paid a ransom seem to believe that this is the most effective way to get their data back, with 97% of them willing to do it again. This willingness for companies to pay could be attributed to having little awareness of how to respond to such threats, or to the length of time it takes to restore data, as businesses can lose more money waiting for data restorations than they would paying the ransom.
Ransomware remains a genuine threat to cybersecurity. Almost two-thirds (64%) of companies confirm they have experienced this type of incident and 66% anticipate that an attack on their business will happen at some stage, viewing it as more likely than other common attack types, such as DDoS, supply-chain, APT, cryptomining or cyber-espionage.
“Ransomware has become a serious threat to corporations with new samples regularly emerging and APT groups using it in advanced attacks,” said Sergey Martsynkyan, VP, corporate product marketing at Kaspersky. “Even an accidental infection can cause problems for a company. And because it’s about the business’s continuity, executives are forced to make tough decisions about paying the ransom. Giving money to criminals is never recommended though, as this doesn’t guarantee that the encrypted data will be returned and it encourages these cybercriminals to do it again. At Kaspersky, we are working hard to help the business community avoid such outcomes. It is important for companies to follow basic security principles and look into reliable security solutions to minimize the risk of a ransomware incident. On Anti-Ransomware Day, it is worth remembering these practices.”
Here are the key steps Kaspersky recommends to enhance protection against ransomware:
The full report, “How business executives perceive the ransomware threat” is available for download here — https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/anti-ransomware-day-report/
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