In the second quarter of 2024, WannaCry ransomware was the most prevalent worldwide, with 21 percent market ratio of ransomware occurrence. Cylance ransomware ranked second, with nine percent of occurrence ratio.
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Most prevalent ransomware strains worldwide in 2nd quarter 2024
Characteristic
Share of detections
WannaCry
21%
Cylance ransomware
9%
Enigma
8%
STOP
6%
LockBit
5%
Mallox (aka TargetCompany)
2%
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Gen Digital. (August 29, 2024). Most prevalent ransomware strains worldwide in 2nd quarter 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1557249/common-ransomware-global/
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