The years 2020 and 2021 were undoubtedly the years of ransomware. Threat actors wasted no time taking advantage of the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, launching attacks that netted millions (if not billions) of dollars in extortion fees and leaked a record amount of data from victim organizations.

This report looks at how ransomware defenses have changed from 2020 through 2022. It also explores:

• Changes to threat actor tactics
• Current ransomware trends
• How to implement defenses against those trends