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As we enter the new year of 2016, Ransomware continues to be a highly destructive threat. The need to constantly backup & protect information is more important than ever. Security firms have discovered that this destructive class of malware can now be embedded into a JavaScript application framework called NW.JS. The EMISOFT and Internet Storm center links below share warnings highlighting how an innovative packaging framework can be misused for bad purposes:

Meet Ransom32: The first JavaScript ransomware | Emsisoft Blog


https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Ransom32+The+first+javascript+ransomware/20569/

Malware – Ransom32 First JavaScript Ransomware – Security Protection – Harry Waldron MVP