The gang behind a family of ransomware that has been active for well over a year now have tweaked their tactics in order to ensure the file-locking malware campaign is as effective as possible. GandCrab first emerged in January 2018 and has remained one of the most successful forms of ransomware ever …

GandCrab operates an affiliate model, with its authors providing the ransomware “as-a-service” to wannabe hackers in exchange for a 30 to 40 percent cut of the profits.  But now researchers have observed adverts for GandCrab being posted on underground forums, specifically targeted at crooks with skills around operating remote desktop protocols, virtual network computing and experience of infiltrating corporate networks. …  There’s currently no free means of decrypting files locked with (the latest versions of ) GandCrab…

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