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The Week in Ransomware – January 13th 2017 – MongoDB Apocalypse, Spora, Decryptors, and More

This week we have seen lots of small ransomware infections released as well as a very professional looking payment site from the Spora Ransomware. The big news is the continuing relentless attack on unsecured MongoDB databases, the new attacks on ElasticSearch databases, and a big time ransomware payout by a school. The good news is that we also had a bunch of decryptors released this week to help those victims who were affected by the Marlboro and Merry X-Mas ransomware infections.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-january-13th-2017-mongodb-apocalypse-spora-decryptors-and-more/

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