Yet another good reason to set UAC to highest level: -https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/03/cerber-ransomware-new-but-mature/
HDDCryptor Ransomware Locks Hard-Drive Boot Records http://news.softpedia.com/news/hddcryptor-ransomware-locks-hard-drive-boot-records-508427.shtml
Crysis Ransomware Employing RDP Brute-Force Attacks in New Campaign http://news.softpedia.com/news/crys...te-force-attacks-in-new-campaign-508444.shtml
MarsJoke Ransomware Targets the Government and K-12 Educational Sector http://news.softpedia.com/news/mars...ment-and-k-12-educational-sector-508608.shtml
New Open Source Linux Ransomware Divides Infosec Community http://news.softpedia.com/news/new-...e-shows-infosec-community-divide-508669.shtml
Unlock92 Ransomware Is the Quiet Threat That Nobody Heard About http://news.softpedia.com/news/unlo...t-threat-that-nobody-heard-about-508742.shtml
Princess Locker Ransomware http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...oyal-highness-the-princess-locker-ransomware/
Bitter Ransomware Operator Shuts Down Service and Deletes Decryption Master Key http://news.softpedia.com/news/bitt...nd-deletes-decryption-master-key-508796.shtml
Locky Drops Offline Mode and Switches to New ODIN Extension http://news.softpedia.com/news/lock...d-switches-to-new-odin-extension-508840.shtml
Researchers break Marsjoke ransomware encryption https://threatpost.com/researchers-break-marsjoke-ransomware-encryption
How Stampado Ransomware Analysis Led To Yara Improvements http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlab...do-ransomware-analysis-led-yara-improvements/
New Cerber ransomware variant kills common database-related processes http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51956/malware/new-cerber-ransomware.html
The fall of the Encryptor RaaS also thanks to Shodan http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/52061/malware/encryptor-raas-fall.html
In addition to js and wsf coded ransomware there has been an increasing number of hta Locky malware. These are totally independent of wscript but instead will use mshta and rundll32 to execute.
