Ene, Mene, Muh- How Ransomware Groups Select Their Victims

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The Sophos-X-Ops-Counter-Threat-Unit (CTU) investigates in a new study how ransomware actors select their targets. The result makes it clear once again that cybercriminals like to go the way of least resistance: the vast majority of the investigated ransomware attacks took place opportunistically and not purposefully. The analysis of the CTU telemetry data shows that attackers in most cases exploit their existing access rights, [...] The article…

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Sophos X-Ops investigation shows: Ransomware criminals usually don't make a strategic selection of their victims