Ransomware attacks often succeed because endpoints are so over-configured with controls that they render devices unprotected. Today, software conflicts between endpoint controls jeopardize enterprise networks, quickened by endpoint agents’ accelerating decay rates. Absolute Software’s 2021 Endpoint Risk Report found that every endpoint has 11.7 security controls installed, decaying over time and creating multiple potential attack vectors.
Driven by how lucrative ransomware is, cybercriminal gangs and advanced persistent threat groups are doubling down on creating ransomware payloads and endpoint attack strategies that evade detection. Chainalysis found that $692 million in ransomware payments were made during 2020, nearly double their original estimates. Ivanti’s latest index found that there’s been a 7.6% jump in the number of vulnerabilities associated with ransomware in Q1 2022, compared to the end of 2021.
