{"id":21075,"date":"2023-10-19T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defencetech.it\/?p=21075"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:55:19","slug":"ransomware-characteristics-and-impact-on-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tinextadefence.it\/en\/ransomware-characteristics-and-impact-on-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware: characteristics and impact on the economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the <strong>Cybersecurity Month<\/strong>our Malware Lab decided to dedicate an in-depth analysis to the <strong>ransomware<\/strong>malware around which a real business has developed, turning hackers from mere attackers into blackmailers and extortionists.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It all starts with the<strong>infection <\/strong>of the device, followed by the <strong>encryption <\/strong>(the user can no longer access files, documents, images and other data), <strong>redemption <\/strong>(explains how and how much to pay to obtain the decryption key and recover what has been compromised) and <strong>payment <\/strong>(It is not certain that giving in to pressure will solve the problem: in 2022, an estimated 19% of the organisations that paid the ransom failed to recover their data).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Companies of all categories and sizes are victims of this new market, totalling more than 236 million attacks globally (year 2022). 42% of these ended in ransom payments.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you wish to learn more, here is the link to our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defencetech.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Report_Ransomware.pdf\">full report<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In addition, you can subscribe to the specific mailing list to receive updates on upcoming reports:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-defence-tech wp-block-embed-defence-tech\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.defencetech.it\/mailing-list-malware-report<\/div>\r\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Cybersecurity Month, our Malware Lab decided to dedicate an in-depth analysis to ransomware, a malware around which a real business has developed, transforming hackers from simple attackers into blackmailers and extortionists.  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