Cyberattacks are getting more and more sophisticated by the minute. There has been a staggering 102% increase in the number of organizations affected by ransomware attacks this year compared to the beginning of 2020, and there are no signs of this trend slowing down, according to Check Point Research (CPR).
CPR found that the American healthcare and utilities sectors have been the most targeted sectors since the beginning of April 2021 – as the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack has demonstrated. According to the FBI, the professional cybercriminal group DarkSide was responsible for the ransomware attack on the pipeline network. Working in a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, DarkSide leverages a partner program to execute cyberattacks.