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The Week in Ransomware - March 23th 2017 - Decline of Locky & Spora Stats

Lots and lots of little crappy ransomware released this week with nothing new or innovative. We do have some interesting Spora stats, a story on the decline of Locky, and of course an updated decryptor by Fabian Wosar who continues to kick ransomware in the buttocks. Other than that, not really any of significance. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-march-23th-2017-decline-of-locky-andamp-spora-stats/
14,766 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates Issued to PayPal Phishing Sites

During the past year, Let's Encrypt has issued a total of 15,270 SSL certificates that contained the word "PayPal" in the domain name or the certificate identity. Of these, approximately 14,766 (96.7%) were issued for domains that hosted phishing sites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/14-766-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificates-issued-to-paypal-phishing-sites/
Microsoft Quietly Patched Windows Zero-Day Used in Attacks by Zirconium Group

Without making too much fuss about it, Microsoft patched a zero-day vulnerability used in live attacks by a cyber-espionage group named Zirconium. The zero-day, tracked as CVE-2017-0005, affects the Windows Win32k component in the Windows GDI (Graphics Device Interface), included in all Windows OS versions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-quietly-patched-windows-zero-day-used-in-attacks-by-zirconium-group/
FBI Alert Urges Companies to Secure FTP Servers

In an alert sent to medical and dental healthcare entities, the FBI is asking organizations to mind and secure their FTP servers in the face of hackers trying to get protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-alert-urges-companies-to-secure-ftp-servers/
Unskilled Group Behind Many Junk Ransomware Strains

A person or group of malware authors calling themselves "Mafia Malware Indonesia" claimed responsibility for writing a collection of ransomware families that includes threats such as KimcilWare, MireWare, MafiaWare, CryPy, and the recent SADStory and the eponymous Mafia Malware Indonesia ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unskilled-group-behind-many-junk-ransomware-strains/
PyCL Ransomware Delivered via RIG EK in Distribution Test

Security researchers discover a new ransomware being distributed through the RIG exploit kit on Saturday. This ransomware has a strong resemblance to CTB-Locker, but does not appear to be related as it is programmed in Python. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pycl-ransomware-delivered-via-rig-ek-in-distribution-test/