This is as threat actors deviate from big-batch attacks to focus on a narrower range of more lucrative targets. Though thousands of ransomware attacks were blocked by Trend Micro in Nigeria in 2023, year-on-year research shows that ransomware groups are working smarter instead of harder, prioritising high-value targets over volume. There has been a general downward trend in ransomware detections, with worldwide detections from 2021 to 2023 averaging less than half of the recorded detections in 2020. Historically, ransomware attacks were launched in “bulk” such as spam campaigns with malicious links, but attacks that focus on quantity can more easily be blocked. A continued increase in Trojan FRS threat detections globally could suggest that attackers are using more effective ways to evade preliminary detection by focusing on arrival and defense evasion techniques.

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 29, 2024 18:35 UTC