--- title: Reviewing the trends in ransomware attacks in 2026 description: Kaspersky's 2026 ransomware threat report highlights three major trends: the rise of EDR-killing tools using BYOVD techniques, the emergence of post-quantum... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reviewing-the-trends-in-ransomware-attacks-in-2026-zduvsdh2i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reviewing the trends in ransomware attacks in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Kaspersky's 2026 ransomware threat report highlights three major trends: the rise of EDR-killing tools using BYOVD techniques, the emergence of post-quantum... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reviewing-the-trends-in-ransomware-attacks-in-2026-zduvsdh2i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZDuvSDh2i.png og:image:alt: Reviewing the trends in ransomware attacks in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reviewing the trends in ransomware attacks in 2026 **[Securelist](https://daily.dev/sources/securelist)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kaspersky's 2026 ransomware threat report highlights three major trends: the rise of EDR-killing tools using BYOVD techniques, the emergence of post-quantum cryptography in ransomware (notably the PE32 family using ML-KEM/Kyber1024), and a growing shift toward encryptionless extortion where attackers steal data rather than encrypt it. Ransom payments dropped to 28% in 2025, pushing groups toward pure data-leak extortion models. Initial access brokers continue industrializing access sales, with RDWeb portals becoming a preferred target. Qilin emerged as the dominant RaaS group in 2025 after RansomHub went dormant. Law enforcement seized several dark web forums including RAMP and LeakBase. The report concludes with recommendations covering patch management, remote access hardening, EDR deployment, network segmentation, and offline backups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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