Happy Halloween, skip the Pumpkin Spice, how about some Pumpkin Locky instead?

I was drawn to this article due to its holiday theme, but there's more to it than just pumpkins. It really discusses the current state of Ransomware. There has been about a 2 week lull in new Ransomware campaigns, which shows the bad guys like a little time off from work also. Also with Locky and other  Ransomware, they are not re-inventing the wheel, they are constantly tweaking and updating previous versions to get past defenses . A Benjamin Franklin quote mentioned by the author of the article that I never heard before, but applicable to our line work, "Distrust and caution are the parents of security".