A good thing that Webroot is ALWAYS up to date with no constant signatures to download all the time.
By Scott Gainey on April 12, 2016
First, it’s important to understand, that most (if not all) ransomware victims are typically running fully-updated antivirus engines, and sometimes even anti-exploit and/or HIPS engines. The problem is, rapid changes made in the builds and versions of the malware used in ransomware campaigns creators allows the code to repeatedly evade detection by traditional security measures.
To make matters worse, non-Windows variants have begun to emerge, notably on the Mac OS X and Linux platforms. These include the Encoder family which targets Linux-based web servers, and KeRanger which is based on the same code but has been recompiled to attack OS X targets.
The root of the ransomware problem lies in our reliance on signature-based detection techniques.
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Why Ransomware is Winning - and How to Turn the Tide
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Good article and quite informative, ransomware is winning to a extent but its time now to fight back.
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Not actually sure that one can say that ransomware is 'winning' per se...spreading...yes...but I am not sure that 'winning' is the correct term IMHO. More likely 'amking itself at home' so that we are likely to be stuck with it for the foreseable future...until something more malevolent appears and takes its place. :(
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