Hi there,
Today, I start a discussion, named "Preventing, Detecting and Removing the Latest CERBER Ransomware".
Before we begin, let me take a look at this current context.
(You can see a related topic outside, here )
In the beginning of Jan, 2017, communities are covered by lots of asking about removing a New CERBER Ransomware, which its victims gave the screenshot of it, as below:
Many victims files are encrypted by that "exotic" virus, except the file which extension are: .exe, .py (python file) ...
Then, the Red Ransomware also ... leaves 3 "hateful" messages, in: one .HTML file (to instruct victims to go to its site, and ...pay money to get their file back to decryption); one .JPEG file (as above) that gives "alert" to its victims, and maybe, another ... ReadMe .txt file with the same "alert".
So, should people do in this situation?
Some may choose to pay money, to get their files, but we should know that we cannot trust the Cerber Decryptor provided by those Hackers!
Other people select the way of ... asking the Antivirus companies to help them scan their computer / server, then try to find the way to ... reversed the files back to their origin format. However, this way is not 100% of success.
Hence, could we take a lesson-learned from this security "challenge"?
As the CERBER Ransomware, especially, the new Red Ransomware is now "attacking" more and more users, servers ...
Continue to write our "Battle Story" with evils, in this year of 2017 ...