Danny Palmer reports:
The ransomware that drove last year’s boom in file-encrypting malware is back, and this time it’s even harder to detect.
Ransomware cost its victims some $1bn during 2016, with Locky one of the most widespread variants, infecting organisations across the globe.
However, the start of 2017 saw a sudden decline in the distribution of Locky, to such an extent that another form of ransomware — Cerber — has usurped Locky’s dominance.
But after being all but written off, Locky is staging a comeback.
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