RansomwareClock.org

Reported Cost of Ransomware Attacks 2025 YTD

Aggregated Estimate from Public and Private Sources, Reflects Reported Attacks Only. Actual cost estimated to be significantly higher.

The forecast for cybercrime in 2024 is harsh with attacks increasing in frequency, sophistication, and severity. We must work together to protect our companies and communities from the financial, operational, and emotional trauma of cyber-attacks.

Cyber Stats

$1.85m

average cost for remediation, business downtime, lost orders, operational costs, etc. 2X vs year ago. Recovery cost is 10X the size of the ransom payment. Sophos, The State of Ransomware 2021

93%

consider an organization's trustworthiness prior to purchasing. 59% would avoid doing business with a company cyberattacked in the past 12 months. Arcserve 2020 Survey

11 seconds

a new ransomware attack hits this year. Cybersecurity Ventures. (In the time it takes you to read this cyber stat, another business has been hit with a ransomware attack.)

207 days

days is the average time to identify a breach. Meaning the bad guys are in your system for over 6-months. IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020.

Only 21%

of security professionals think their current security controls are adequate. Forrester State of Enterprise IoT Security in North America

21 days

days is the average downtime caused by a ransomware attack. Coveware Q4, 2020

Spotlight

CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was founded in 2018 and is a standalone United States federal agency, organized under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It exists to...

RECENT ATTACKS & NEWS

August 4, 2026

Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2)

Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in...

August 4, 2026

Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer

Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent...

August 4, 2026

Oligo Raises $60 Million for Runtime Security

The company will use the investment to accelerate product innovation and expand go-to-market operations. The post Oligo Raises $60 Million...

August 4, 2026

CISO Conversations: Russ Kirby – Passion Is the Antidote to Burnout

Russ Kirby, CISO at Ping Identity, shares how passion, courage, and “good enough” thinking shaped his path from HP to...

August 4, 2026

Weaponized Email AI Assistants Could Help Attackers Hijack Accounts

Researchers demonstrate how attackers could abuse built-in email chatbots to evade detection, impersonate trusted employees, compromise executive accounts, and facilitate...

August 4, 2026

Zenity Raises $125 Million in Series C Funding

The AI security company will invest in product innovation, global expansion, and customer experience. The post Zenity Raises $125 Million...

August 4, 2026

TP-Link Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain Into Full Network Takeover

Forescout researchers have found 15 new vulnerabilities in the TP-Link Omada networking ecosystem. The post TP-Link Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain...

August 4, 2026

Obsidian Security Raises $85 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation

Obsidian Security has developed a platform for governing AI agents across third-party applications. The post Obsidian Security Raises $85 Million...

August 4, 2026

Gemini Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering

A crafted prompt to a low-privilege Google ADK agent could be used to pass a malicious hand-off comment to a...

August 4, 2026

Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks

Over 24,000 internet-accessible server-management interfaces disclose authentication hashes before login. The post Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers...

PREVENTATIVE RESOURCES

Governmental and Law Enforcement

Legal Matters

Insurance Resources

In Case of Cyber Attack Emergency

If a ransomware incident occurs at your organization, CISA, FBI, and NSA recommend the following actions:

Follow the Ransomware Response Checklist on p. 11 of the CISA-Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Joint Ransomware Guide
Scan your backups. If possible, scan your backup data with an antivirus program to check that it is free of malware.
Report incidents immediately to CISA at https://us-cert.cisa.gov/report, a local FBI Field Office, or U.S. Secret Service Field Office
Apply incident response best practices found in the joint advisory from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States on Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity.

Contact your Local FBI Office - https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices

Report a Complaint to the FBI’s Internet Criminal Complaint Center: www.IC3.gov

Technical Expertise/Crisis Communications

RansomwareClock.org

RansomwareClock.org

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2022

RansomwareClock.org

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2021