The biggest news was a wiper called GermanWiper targeting Germany and pretending to be a ransomware. Ransomware is more prevalent in the U.S. with more than half of the global detections originating from this country. A new kit for web-based attacks calling itself Lord EK has been spotted at the beginning of the month as part of a malvertising chain that uses the PopCash ad network. A decryptor for the eNAPCrypt has been released that allows victims to recover encrypted files on their QNAP NAS devices.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-9th-2019-summer-doldrums/