This infographic presents major ransomware trends identified in Akamai's State of the Internet report, showing how attackers increasingly exploit zero-day and one-day vulnerabilities while expanding extortion techniques beyond encryption alone. LockBit remains the dominant ransomware group, although other groups continue gaining momentum through software enhancements and vulnerability exploitation. The report highlights significant increases in ransomware activity across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, with manufacturing and healthcare among the hardest-hit sectors. It also illustrates the modern ransomware lifecycle, including phishing, credential abuse, lateral movement, data theft, encryption, ransom demands, DDoS attacks, and intimidation campaigns targeting customer

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