Kaspersky shares a guide to top ransomware techniques as ransomware remains one of the major cyberthreats in META

Kaspersky shares a guide to top ransomware techniques as ransomware remains one of the major cyberthreats in META

As for Q2 2022, ransomware remains one of the main threats towards information security, and the META region is not an exception. One of the most notable cases includes attacks on Shoprite, the largest retail chain in Africa. Other examples of aggravating situation with ransomware in the region, include attacks performed by LockBit group in sub-Saharan Africa region and reported Cl0p attacks on entities in UAE.

Moreover, Kaspersky experts have been witnessing a growing industrialization of ransomware groups in terms of their inner structure, advertising, and inventive techniques used during the attacks. This trend has been mentioned in ransomware trends issued by Kaspersky earlier this year.

“We can clearly see a distinctive trend in development of ransomware towards getting more sophisticated and targeted, exposing victims to more threats”, comments Maher Yamout, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky at Kaspersky. “In recent years, ransomware groups have come a long way from being scattered gangs to businesses with distinctive traits of full-fledged industry. We are seeing more and cases where ransomware attacks are performed manually, in a time-consuming, yet efficient manner that was not very typical for small-scale attackers previously”.

In order to better understand and analyze the most common tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), Kaspersky’s