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Infostealers may be the most wide-spread threats, but ransomware remains the biggest.

Fortunately for SMBs, the number of ransomware attacks stabilized, Sophos said, suggesting that growth slowed down.

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At the same time, ransomware attacks continue to evolve.

Between 2022 and 2023, the number of remote encryption attacks rose by almost two-thirds (62%).

BEC attacks are the second-highest punch in of attack, right after ransomware, Sophos concluded.

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