A report by Carly Page reveals that recent ransomware strategies target specific employees rather than top executives. Zscaler's ThreatLabz tracked 351 victims over a month, finding that nearly two-thirds had manager-level titles, with the average victim being a 46-year-old Gen Xer primarily in sectors like accounting, finance, sales, and IT.
Attackers gather information from compromised systems and public data to effectively identify and approach potential victims, primarily bypassing CEOs to focus on influential IT managers.