""Alarming" Surge in Conti Group Activity This Year"

Security researchers at Ivanti, Cyber Security Works, and Cyware have discovered that there was an “alarming” surge in activity by the Conti ransomware gang in the first three months of 2022.  The researchers observed a 7.6% rise in the number of vulnerabilities tied to ransomware in Q1 2022.  The researchers also found that the Conti group exploited most of these (19/22).  The researchers also saw a 7.5% increase in APT groups associated with ransomware, a 6.8% increase in actively exploited and trending vulnerabilities, and a 2.5% increase in ransomware families in Q1.  The researchers stated that there are signs that ransomware operators are becoming more targeted and sophisticated in their approach.  Worryingly, the researchers found that more than 3.5% of ransomware vulnerabilities are being missed by scanners, further exposing organizations to risks.  Gaps also exist within the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) list by The MITRE Corporation, and the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) catalog by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), according to the researchers.

Infosecurity reports: ""Alarming" Surge in Conti Group Activity This Year"