A new variant of the Cerber ransomware kills common database-related processes like those of the Oracle, Microsoft and Microsoft SQL servers to encrypt files. Cerber is offered on the criminal underground as a service and researchers estimate that the profits for the criminal organization behind this year is greater than a $1 million this year. The new variant is the wild attempts to shut down database connections to increase the effects of the infection. In order to run from privileged accounts, the ransomware needs to work with minimum privileges in a workspace.”]
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