Threat actors will also perform ransomware attacks to steal secrets, disrupt businesses, or just because they can. The best ransomware protection helps protect against the threat of hackers breaching your networks or device, and then encrypting your data before forcing you to pay for a decryption key or face losing your files forever. Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Sign up with your email below to instantly access member …
Mitigating malware and ransomware attacks National Cyber Security Centre
As a result, it becomes important for companies to improve their understanding of ransomware and develop countermeasures against ransomware attacks. There has been a rise in ransomware attacks, with over 5,414 attacks experienced by organizations across the world in 2024, which is an increase of 11% from the previous year. Real estate and utilities each accounted for just 0.9% of ransomware attacks. The public sector accounted for 9.4% of ransomware attacks. Professional services accounted for 19.7% of ransomware attacks in Q2 2025. Because this malware works by encrypting file names rather than the files themselves, it is easy for users …