The ransomware affect

We live in a completely different security world from a decade ago and the kinds of threats we face have taken a new form. This time it’ s ransomware. Over the course of just a few years, this threat has evolved from an annoying pop-up to a screen freezer that uses disturbing imagery to a sophisticated malicious program that encrypts important files, writes Marcin Kleczynski, CEO, Malwarebytes.