What do you expect from ransomware in 2024?

1. Ransomware will continue shifting to opportunistic attacks using vulnerabilities in enterprise software (less than 24 hours to fix)
2. This will lead to improved triaging of victims to quickly determine how to maximize the ransom (often depending on the industry), including SMB (target of BEC)
3. Rust will become more popular, combined with intermittent and quantum-resilient (e.g. NTRU) encryption
4. Shift towards data exfil will continue (not surprising), we might see some response from regulatory bodies (e.g. comparing RaaS …

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