Cerber 5.0.1 Arrives with New Multithreading Method

Introduction A new update of Cerber Ransomware, Cerber 5.0.1, has just arrived, appearing shortly after Cerber 5.0.0. had been released. Cerber 5.0.1 handles multithreading differently when it comes to encrypting files, probably aiming for better performance. It also changes the instruction file name from “README.hta” to “_README_.hta”.  The intention of this might be to avoid simple AV detection, such as checking instruction file names. The major updates in the new version are described in the following sections.  New...

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