Dragos Industrial Ransomware Analysis: Q1 2025 www.dragos.com/blog/drag…

Our recent blog highlighting the latest Dragos Knowledge Pack explored critical advancements in ransomware detection capabilities for the Dragos Platform, designed to help industrial organizations proactively defend against evolving cyber threats. These continuously updated detections are crucial, especially as ransomware incidents affecting critical and industrial infrastructure increase frequency and impact. Today’s ransomware threat actors demonstrate persistent targeting, deliberate operational impacts, and strategic approaches, underscoring the heightened risk posed to industrial organizations globally. This quarterly ransomware threat landscape report provides deeper insights into these ongoing threats, revealing significant trends, geographic impacts, and sector-specific vulnerabilities identified by Dragos WorldView threat intelligence.

Ransomware remains a persistent threat to industrial organizations, consistently disrupting critical operations and challenging the security of essential infrastructure. In Q1 2025, Dragos identified 708 ransomware incidents impacting industrial entities worldwide, representing an increase from approximately 600 incidents documented in Q4 2024. This rise underscores the escalating frequency and complexity of ransomware operations affecting sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, industrial control systems (ICS) equipment, and engineering. North America reported 413 incidents in Q1, up from 360 in the previous quarter. Europe also saw an uptick from 102 to 135 incidents.