- Jun 9, 2013
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Cerber, the most active ransomware in the past month, has received a major update in the last weeks, breaking a previous decryption tool that allowed users to recover their files for free, without paying the ransom.
Cerber, which appeared at the start of 2016, is a piece of ransomware that was easy to remember because it included a feature that read the ransom message out loud in several languages.
As time went by, this quirky ransomware became one of the most common threats seen today, mainly because researchers didn't manage to crack it, and crooks started to trust it more.
Cerber v2 breaks Trend Micro's free decrypter
This eventually happened a few weeks back, when researchers from Trend Micro created an all-purpose ransomware decrypter that could recover encrypted files locked with a few ransomware families, including Cerber.
Since then, it appears that the crook behind Cerber continued to work on their tool, updating it to fix the encryption routine and break the decryptor.
Full Article. Cerber Ransomware v2 Spotted Online, Is Now Undecryptable
Cerber, which appeared at the start of 2016, is a piece of ransomware that was easy to remember because it included a feature that read the ransom message out loud in several languages.
As time went by, this quirky ransomware became one of the most common threats seen today, mainly because researchers didn't manage to crack it, and crooks started to trust it more.
Cerber v2 breaks Trend Micro's free decrypter
This eventually happened a few weeks back, when researchers from Trend Micro created an all-purpose ransomware decrypter that could recover encrypted files locked with a few ransomware families, including Cerber.
Since then, it appears that the crook behind Cerber continued to work on their tool, updating it to fix the encryption routine and break the decryptor.
Full Article. Cerber Ransomware v2 Spotted Online, Is Now Undecryptable
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