"Surge in Magniber Ransomware Attacks Impact Home Users Worldwide"

The "Magniber" ransomware campaign is encrypting home users' devices, demanding thousand-dollar ransom payments from victims. Magniber emerged in 2017 as a successor to the "Cerber" ransomware operation. Over the years, the threat actors have applied various methods, including using Windows zero-days, trojanized software cracks, and more to distribute Magniber and encrypt devices. The Magniber campaign mainly targets individual users who download malicious software and execute it on their home or small business systems. In 2018, AhnLab released a decryptor for the Magniber ransomware, but it does not work anymore because the threat actors fixed the bug that enables free file decryption. BleepingComputer has observed a recent surge in Magniber ransomware victims. This article continues to discuss the ongoing Magniber campaign.

BleepingComputer reports "Surge in Magniber Ransomware Attacks Impact Home Users Worldwide"

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