#Ransomware

PSNews - The Vietnam Computer Emergency Responses Teams (VNCERT) just released a new report on the detection of new ransomware called GandCrab. The malware is distributed through the RIG Exploit Kit.

This new volume of the report includes threat data from the first quarter of 2017. The report also provides specific threat data for over 100 countries/regions. 

A cyber security researcher widely credited with helping to neutralize the global "WannaCry" ransomware attack earlier this year has been arrested on unrelated hacking charges, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday.

PSNews – The BKAV Corporation newly released a report, revealing that computer viruses caused a huge loss worth 10,400 billion VND to Vietnamese users in 2016, up by 1,700 billion VND in comparison with 2015.