LockerGoga is the latest example of the rapidly changing nature of ransomware attacks. The March 19 attack impacted critical operations in several of Norsk Hydro’s business areas across Europe and North America. The attack comes amid an overall decline in the overall number of new ransomware families in the marketplace has declined 32% year over year. The malware does not rely on the network for command and communications, nor to generate encryption keys. It forcibly logs victims out of infected systems and removes their ability to log back in as well.”]

