The global education sector is showing progress in its fight against ransomware, with institutions reporting shorter recovery times, fewer ransom payouts, and lower overall costs.
Tech behemoth IBM has released the 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlighting that ransomware remained the most common action on objective in Asia Pacific.
A new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos has revealed that the median ransom paid by educational institutions was $6.6 million for lower education and $4.4 million for higher education organizations.
Local conglomerate JG Summit Holdings said on Thursday, Aug. 8, that it is investigating a reported ransomware attack launched by a hacking group called RansomHub.
So-called “alert fatigue” or too many cybersecurity alerts is also a significant challenge, with more than 50% of surveyed enterprises facing an average of 221 incidents per day.
A new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos has found that only 26% of retail organizations this past year were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before their data was encrypted.
