75% increase in ransomware attacks targeting Linux systems in 2022

New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers have discovered a 75 per cent increase in ransomware attacks targeting Linux operating systems in the first half of 2022 compared to the first half last year.

The team from Trend Micro observed the emergence of new Linux ransomware families for the first half of 2022.

“We observed how malicious actors favoured ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) methods for faster deployments and bigger payouts. They also used relatively new ransomware families in high-profile attacks and increasingly targeted Linux-based systems with attacks,” the researchers noted.