Quarterly Report: Incident Response Trends in Q2 2022

Commodity malware usage surpasses ransomware by narrow margin 

By Caitlin Huey.
For the first time in more than a year, ransomware was not the top threat Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) responded to this quarter, as commodity malware surpassed ransomware by a narrow margin. This is likely due to several factors, including the closure of several ransomware groups, whether it be of their own volition or the actions of global law enforcement agencies and governments. 
Commodity malware was the …

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