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Microsoft detected more enterprise PCs infected by Cerber than any other ransomware family over the 2016-17 holiday season.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Cerber eclipsed all other ransomware over holiday season, says Microsoft
A spam campaign has started spreading Sage ransomware, while a ransomware service known as Satan allows users to customize distribution. Continue reading Sage and Satan Ransomware, Double Trouble
Researchers have discovered that criminals behind the latest Cerber ransomware variant are leveraging Google redirects and Tor2Web proxies in a new and novel way to evade detection. Continue reading New Cerber Variant Leverages Tor2Web Proxies, Google Redirects
PrincessLocker ransomware has appeared some time ago and has drawn out attention by using the same template of the site for a victim as Cerber did. In this article, we dig deeper and try to answer questions about its internal similarities with Cerber (… Continue reading PrincessLocker – ransomware with not so royal encryption
It’s like the Russian nesting doll of ransomware. We found this new ransomware delivery tactic particularly interesting and took a deeper look. Let’s start with some facts about a JSE File. A JSE File is an encoded JScript. The acronym stands for JScript Encoded File. This encoding can be done by the executable “screnc.exe” or […]
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Continue reading JSE File Downloads Zepto then Cerber 3 Ransomware
Researchers have cracked open Cerber and revealed it to be one of the most lucrative ransomware-as-a-service platforms in the world.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Cerber ransomware operation exposed… and boy is it lucrative!
Researchers shine a spotlight on what they claim is the largest ransomware-as-a-service ring to date – earning those behind attacks $2.5 million annually. Continue reading $2.5 Million-a-Year Ransomware-as-a-Service Ring Uncovered
And its creators can make as much as $946,000 per year, according to an estimate. Continue reading Popular Ransomware Earns $195,000 In a Month, Report Says
Reports of a Zero-day attack affecting numerous Office 365 users emerged late last month (hat tip to the researchers at Avanan), and the culprit was a new variant of the Cerber ransomware discovered earlier this year. As with the other Zero-day threats that have been popping-up like mushrooms of late, the main methods of infection […]
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An email with the subject of name@victim domain.tld has sent you a file via WeTransfer pretending to come from WeTransfer <noreply@wetransfer.com> with a link to download a zip attachment which downloads Cerber Ransomware. Luckily Cerber doesn’t mass malspam in the same way … Continue reading →