Your New Security Threat for 2016: JavaScript Ransomware

When new instances of the widely distributed Locky ransomware began to dry up around the end of May 2016, security researchers were certain we had not seen the last of the file-encrypting malware variant. Lo and behold, they were right. Since June 19th security experts have observed millions of malicious email messages sent with an attachment containing a new variant of the Locky ransomware. The evolution appears to have made the malware vastly more dangerous, and are accompanied by an altered distribution tactic, spreading the infection further than previously seen. It isn’t just the Locky ransomware worrying security researchers. There have...

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