85% of Attacks Leverage RDP for Lateral Movement
Ransomware is pivoting toward faster, more targeted data-extortion models, where encryption is no longer the primary objective. According to WatchGuard’s 2026 cybersecurity predictions, crypto-ransomware will lose ground to models driven by data exfiltration and reputational leverage, lowering the technical bar for threat actors while increasing their attack velocity. This shift has a direct consequence.