The ransomware market & attacks in the first half of 2018

According to most statistics, ransomware attacks decreased almost 30% over the past 12 months. Apparently, good news, but there’s a catch, as the “market” has more room for even more sophisticated ransomware variants. It is exactly what happened, the number of attacks dropped, but the level of complexity among the new variants increased. Many factors […]

Ranstop blocks PrincessLocker Evolution ransomware

Test subject – PrincessLocker Evolution ransomware PrincessLocker first emerged in 2016, and since then, several versions and variants were released. We covered one of these in this article. This one is called “Evolution” and it was quickly advertised as a RaaS (ransomware as a service) by the malware developers. This means that anybody willing to […]

Ranstop stops LockyLocker ransomware

Test subject – LockyLocker ransomware LockyLocker (also known as PyLocker) is a new ransomware which made its way to the digital world at the end of July, mostly via email campaigns. It was also discovered bundled alongside legitimate software, made with InnoSetup, so this should serve as a heads-up. It’s worth mentioning that this particular […]