According to recent report by Google, India is ranked sixth in the list of 140 countries most affected by ransomware. This particular Google report examined more than 80 million ransomware samples submitted over the last year and a half.
The report noted that Israel was a clear outlier with the highest number of submissions and nearly a 600 percent increase in submissions compared to its baseline.
Israel was followed by South Korea, Vietnam, China, Singapore, India, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Iran, and the UK as the top 10 most affected territories.
Around 130 different ransomware families were active in 2020 and the first half of 2021 – grouped by 30,000 clusters of malware that looked and operated in a similar manner.
According to the report, there is a constant baseline of ransomware activity of approximately 100 ransomware families that never stops.
In addition to well-known botnet malware, attackers use other Remote Access Trojans (RATs) to deliver ransomware.
