Reveton malware biggest ransom menace of 2013, Microsoft's SIR report finds

Cryptolocker sneaks in under the radar
By John E Dunn | Techworld | Published: 18:16, 08 May 2014
 
Cryptolocker ravaged computer users in late 2013 but it was still only the seventh most common form of ransom malware for the second half of the year, Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR) has calculated using the firm's inhouse Windows user data.
Some of this might simply be that Cryptolocker appeared in in September, a relatively late point in the period, but Microsoft’s figure do lay bare the extent of other more traditional types of the ransom attack.
The figures reveal some interesting patterns in the distribution of ransom malware, starting with a confirmation that it is still almost unheard of in some parts of the world such as Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. This will probably change over time but it is obvious that the targets are largely thriving economies with the money to pay the ransoms demanded.
 
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