Arctic Wolf Threat Report Highlights Sharp Rise in Ransom Demands and BEC Incidents

**Arctic Wolf Labs 2024 Threat Report summary:** Arctic Wolf's annual report finds cybercriminals increasing ransom demands, continuing to exploit vulnerabilities disclosed before 2023 (nearly 60% of externally exploited incidents), and conducting BEC at far greater volume than ransomware, while ransomware remains far more likely to trigger incident response; the report provides industry trend data and recommendations for vulnerability management and detection to help organizations reduce cyber risk.