This report analyzes global ransomware activity between April 2022 and April 2023 using telemetry from the Zscaler cloud and external threat intelligence. It found ransomware attacks increased by 37.75%, with manufacturing, services, and construction emerging as the most targeted sectors. The report highlights major trends including ransomware-as-a-service, encryptionless extortion, exploitation of high-profile vulnerabilities, cross-platform malware development, and increasing use of Golang and Rust. It also profiles leading ransomware families such as LockBit, BlackCat, Clop, and BlackBasta before recommending Zero Trust architecture, segmentation, browser isolation, sandboxing, data loss prevention, and continuous monitoring to strengthen organizational resilience against ransomware att

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