The GandCrab malware has infected over 50,000 victims mostly in the U.S., U.K. and Scandinavia. In the two months the ransomware crew has been in business, criminals have earned an impressive $600,000. The hackers behind the malware simply rent their ransomware software, and are never engaged in the actual campaigns. It’s the year 2018, even ransomware is agile, according to a report released by Check Point on Friday. It is not clear who is behind the software, but Check Point believes its likely Russia-based hacking group.
Source: https://threatpost.com/gandcrab-ransomware-crooks-take-agile-development-approach/130490/