{"id":2432,"date":"2024-01-26T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/threat-intelligence\/black-kite-unveils-industry-s-first-monthly-ransomware-dashboards"},"modified":"2024-01-26T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:57:00","slug":"black-kite-unveils-monthly-ransomware-dashboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/26\/black-kite-unveils-monthly-ransomware-dashboards\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Kite Unveils Monthly Ransomware Dashboards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Boston, MA \u2013 January 24, 2023<\/span><\/span> \u2013 <\/span>Black Kite<\/a><\/span>, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today unveiled the industry’s first monthly <\/span>ransomware dashboard<\/a><\/span>, featuring crucial insights for security teams, media, analysts, and other industry leaders. The resource provides data, graphs, trends, and key insights from Black Kite\u2019s threat intelligence team about the top ransomware groups, their victims, and attack patterns. Black Kite also analyzes the top ransomware indicators to identify common vulnerabilities exploited by active ransomware groups, and using data and machine learning, Black Kite\u2019s Ransomware Susceptibility Index (RSI) paints a comprehensive picture of the industry-specific cyber-risks that organizations face each month.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December alone, the research team monitored over 360 victims. The most common indicators of compromise were MX and DNS misconfigurations that allowed for spoofing and phishing attacks (266) and in-use services and products with vulnerabilities of high exploitability (233). Additionally, 49% of victims had open RDP or SMB ports publicly visible. Research also revealed that although LockBit continues to dominate the landscape, an emerging ransomware group, WereWolves, entered the top three for the first time. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Since recently entering the scene, the WereWolves ransomware group has targeted 26 victims in the U.S., Europe, and Russia,” said Ferhat Dikbiyik, head of research at Black Kite. “The group is unusual because it has a full-fledged website that recruits new members and offers a bounty program for security vulnerabilities. It is also unusual to see ransomware groups targeting Russian companies, which we have only witnessed before from short-lived ransomware groups.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The monthly dashboard has surfaced trends over the past six months, including: <\/span><\/p>\n

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