Using Tor, Cerber Ransomware Tries a New Infection Tack

Using Tor, Cerber Ransomware Tries a New Infection Tack: Adversaries are leveraging Google and Tor2Web proxies in novel ways to spread Cerber 5.0.1.

A malicious campaign is spreading a new version of the Cerber ransomware, using the Tor anonymizing network.

Researchers from Cisco Talos have uncovered a few novel ways that adversaries are leveraging Google and Tor2Web proxies to spread Cerber 5.0.1. As ever though, the infection cycle starts with email.