According to the 2021 Cyber Threat Report by SonicWall, 304.7 million ransomware attacks occurred in the first half of 2021, already surpassing the total number of ransomware attacks for all of 2020 with 304.6 million (a 151% increase YTD).

Researchers at Coveware recently analysed ransomware attacks during Q2 of this year and noticed a similar trend in ransomware attack methods by cybercriminals. These are the two ransomware attack methods that are gaining popularity by ransomware gangs...