Ransomware operators may have given victims a slight respite over the summer, but this now seems to have come to an end as attacks rise once again, new research has suggested.
The Q2/2022 Threat Report from Avast claims the number of global ransomware attacks increased by almost a quarter (24%) in just three months (compared to Q1 2022).
The rise, coming after “months of decline”, was most felt on endpoints(opens in new tab) in Argentina (56% rise), the UK (55%), Brazil (50%), France (42%), and India (37%).
