https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-october-19th-2018-gandcrab-birbware-and-more/

It has been another slow week, with mostly new variants of existing ransomware being released. The biggest news is that the GandCrab Ransomware developers have decided to release the decryption keys for Syrian victims. Unfortunately, there is no decryptor available that will work with all versions of the keys that were released, so victims will have to wait for an AV company to release a working decryptor.

Contributors and those who provided new ransomware information and stories this week include: @malwrhunterteam, @FourOctets, @demonslay335, @jorntvdw, @malwareforme, @PolarToffee, @LawrenceAbrams, @BleepinComputer, @Seifreed, @struppigel, @fwosar, @Amigo_A_,  GrujaRS, and @Damian1338B.