Ransomware Evolution: What to Expect in 2025

Join THE cybersecurity expert Tyler Wrightson as he discusses the facts and headlines relevant to all MSPs and IT Departments. Whether you are in sales, marketing or responsible for securing internal or client environments, this session will equip you with the knowledge to strengthen your defenses and better understand the ransomware landscape in 2025.

Key takeaways include:

What is ransomware and cyber extortion
Who is behind these attacks
How ransomware attacks typically play out
Why do cybercriminals choose these attacks over other methods

1. Evolution of Ransomware Tyler Wrightson Leet Cyber Security Twitter: @ tbwrightson

2. @ tbwrightson

3. Not a thinly veiled sales pitch

4. Three Things

5. Agenda Understand Adversaries Understand Ransomware Where is Ransomware headed

6. What is Ransomware?

7. 2024 – Quick Stats Ransomware Up More Payments More data leak activity New Groups

8. The average ransom in 2024 is $2.73 million, almost an increase of $1 million from 2023. ( Sophos ) The average downtime a company experiences after a ransomware attack is 24 days. ( Statista ) A survey conducted with 1,263 companies found 80 percent of victims who submitted a ransom payment experienced another attack soon after, and 46 percent got access to their data but most of it was corrupted. ( Cybereason , 2021)

9. Know Thyself and... -Sun Tzu

10. Access Brokers Negotiation Parties Payment Portals

11. Cyber Criminals are like water

12. How Hackers Target You?

13. Spray & Pray

14. Scan & Slam

15. Hackers look to inflict…

16. killed at least 12 people and wounded as many as 2,800

17. Three Things Likelihood Impact ROI

18. Final Questions

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