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This year, TrendMicro sees a 25-percent growth in the number of new ransomware families available for use in breaches.

This year, TrendMicro sees a 25-percent growth in the number of new ransomware families available for use in breaches. Reports of the encroachment of ransomware on government, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, and health and safety are already climbing.

In 2016, security firm Trend Micro counted 247 new ransomware families, compared to just 29 in 2015.

In February 2017, Trend Micro revealed that the Crysis ransomware was being distributed via RDP attacks too.

More than 36,000 healthcare-related devices in the US alone are easily discoverable on Shodan, a sort of search engine for connected devices, according to a recent Trend Micro survey.