Ransomware Inc: Decoding the RaaS Business Model | UpGuard

This guide explains how Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) industrializes ransomware operations by separating development, access, and execution roles, lowering the technical barrier for attackers and enabling large-scale extortion campaigns (including double and triple extortion). It outlines the RaaS ecosystem (operators, affiliates, IABs, laundering), highlights major groups and economic impacts, and provides defensive recommendations such as patching, access controls, robust backups, threat intelligence, incident response planning, and supply-chain risk management.