Lots of ransomware stories this week. We have two new decryptors, quite a few new ransomware infections, PadCrypt being hidden inside a fake credit card generator, and a few new variants. The biggest news is two new variants of the Locky ransomware that append the .zzzzz and .aesir extensions for encrypted files.
I can't tell if the Locky developers are trying to put us to sleep with all their extension changes or paying homage to the Tryptophan in Thanksgiving turkey, but they have changed the extension used for encrypted files to .zzzzz.