Italy is the fifth country in the world most affected by ransomware

(ANSA) - ROME, 07 MAY - Italy is the fifth country in the world most affected by ransomware and in fifth place in Europe for filtered credentials. These are some data contained in the '2023Y-Report' of the security company Yarix. Of the 175,045 events intercepted in 2022, supermarkets (12%) and fashion (11%) were the most affected sectors, along with banking and finance (10%) and the chemical industry (9%). In the scenario outlined by the report, Italy stands out for the incidence of ransomware - viruses that take devices hostage and demand a ransom - which are confirmed as one of the major risk factors for the security of companies: it is the fifth most affected country after the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany. The most active cybercriminal groups are Lockbit, AlphV/BlackCat and Hive.
Italy is also positioned in the top 20 in the world and in fifth place at European level for exfiltrated credentials, preceded by Poland, France, Germany, Spain. The theft takes place through infostealers, malicious software that steals data.
Finally, Yarix conducted a detailed analysis of the 'Infinity' forum on web dar founded by pro-Russian hacktivist groups, including Killnet. "The forum represents a novelty in the way hacktivist groups act, constituting themselves as the main aggregator of pro-Russian hacker groups," Yarix points out.
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