To give us a little context on the current state of ransomware attacks, the annual Sophos report, "The State of Ransomware 2023," reveals that cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in 76% of all ransomware attacks against the surveyed companies in the report. In 30% of the cases where the data was encrypted, it was also successfully exfiltrated."

There are many types of cyberattacks, and as technology advances, more types emerge. However, there are some hacking techniques that are the most common and used by cybercriminals, as they are the most effective for achieving their objectives.