Ransomware is not going away, so make sure you get a working backup plan in place as ransomware is ineffective against working backups. At least 1,800 companies are affected by ransomware across the world. New variants of Dharma, STOP, and others are being released at a rapid pace. A new ransomware called DeathRansom began with a rocky start, but has now resolved it’s issues and has begun to infect victims and encrypt their data. A Spanish multinational security company Prosegur announced that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident disrupting its telecommunication platform.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-december-6th-2019-we-have-seen-better-days/