The last week of the year has been slow with even the criminals taking time off for the holidays. Ransomware has been installed via fake installers for the ESET anti-virus program or a crack for AVG. The latest incident involving ransomware on a smart TV involves software engineer Darren Cauthon, who revealed that the LG smart TV of one of his family members was infected with ransomware right on Christmas day. MalwareTech’s article on why open source ransomware doesn’t help anyone.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-december-30th-2016-infected-tvs-and-open-source-ransomware-sucks/