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Blog Technical Summary Blog of the Veeam Ransomware Trends Report Technical Summary Blog of the Veeam Ransomware Trends Report SB Sophia Barnett Jun 9th 2025 8 min to read Share: Link copied Veeam recently released its annual ransomware report to raise awareness of the modern ransomware crisis and share knowledge on how threat actors target their victims. This latest report highlights the top 6 ransomware trends observed this year and offers insights into its expected evolution. In this report, Veeam surveyed IT leaders, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and security professionals in 1,300 organizations around the world to see how they recovered from cyber-attacks. The purpose of this blog is to summarize Veeam's 18-page report into a short analysis of each of the six trends highlighted, key success factors for how organizations successfully recovered from cyber threats, and the positive impacts of shifting to a proactive cybersecurity stance. The Top 6 Trends of Ransomware in 2025 #1: Law Enforcement Forces Threat Actors to Adapt In 2024, law enforcement agencies successfully dismantled several major ransomware groups, including LockBit , BlackCat , and Black Basta . While these takedowns were a significant step forward in cyber defense, they prompted a shift in ransomwaremuch like a virus adapting to bypass new vaccines. Smaller threat actors and independent cybercriminals have proliferated, increasingly targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with weaker defenses. Additionally, some groups have moved away from high-profile critical infrastructure attacks to avoid law enforcement scrutiny, adapting their strategies for continued operation. #2: Data Exfiltration Attacks Grow Ransomware actors prioritize data exfiltration as a primary tactic, with a growing number of victims paying ransoms without encryption ever occurring. This shift toward "smash and grab" attacks often exploits poorly secured cloud applications and infrastructure, and...

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