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Nearly 50 Linux and Windows servers have been affected by these attacks Ransomware attacks became popular (for the worst reasons) in a brief lapse of time. News about attacks such as WannaCry, Petya and NotPetya preceded a substantial increase in the number of small campaigns using similar techniques to extort unsuspecting Internet users. Recently, ethical hacking researchers have disclosed the […]
“Ukrposhta,” the national postal service of Ukraine came under a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Monday for over 48 hours (2 days) forcing the service to go offline. The postal service is run by the company’s Infrastructure Ministry and has 12,000 postal offices and 76,000 workers all over the country. Ukraine’s Interfax news agency reported that for […]
FedEx, a US based globally operating delivery firm, states that customers associated with its subsidiary company TNT Express are continually facing issues. TNT Express is FedEx’s international express transportation division that also manages freight and small package shipping/delivery. The firm is at the receiving end of multiple system failures till date due to Petya attack […]
The master key of the original pocket version of ransomware has been unveiled by its creator, allowing infected Petya ransomware victims to recover their encrypted files without having to pay any ransom money. But wait, it’s not NotPetya it’s Petya. Do not confuse the Petya ransomware with the latest ransomware NotPetya destructive (also known as […]
An another Historical Petya Ransomware after wanna cry Chapter Finally come to an end. An author of Petya came out and released the Master Decryption Key to shut down the Petya Project. This Master Decryption Key help to all the Petya Ransomware Victims to get back their Encrypted Files. Released Master Decryption Key only work […]
Short Bytes: In the wake of recent Petya/NotPetya attack, to prevent the further cyber attacks, Ukraine’s Cyber Police has seized the servers of the software firm that makes M.E.Doc accounting software. The police suspects that hackers used a backdoor in software to install malicious code and the initial infection was spread via a software update. Meanwhile, […]
Last week the computer systems of several companies in Europe were infected with NotPetya malware. At first, the researcher thought it’s just another ransomware attack like the WannaCry one but later discovered that NotPetya is a disk wiper that locks a victim’s data files and throws away the decryption key. Now, Police in Ukraine has […]
Following the massive raid on Eastern Europe last week, researchers are reaching a consensus that the incident was cyber attack for political reasons. NATO wants to respond to Petya Ransomware Attack. According to CNBC, the NATO Cyber Defense Cooperation Center (CCD COE) recently issued a statement saying NATO wants to respond to Petya Ransomware Attack, the […]
Short Bytes: Petya wiper is a dangerous malware that has disguised itself as a ransomware to get the attention of media. After infecting a computer and waiting for 10-60 minutes, Petya reboots a computer and starts encryption process. The whole process has been documented in the form of a video by YouTuber danooct1. Ransomware is one […]
Short Bytes: The notorious hacker, Janus, who was behind original Petya ransomware is out of the shadows, probably to let people know that he isn’t behind the 2017 Petya attack. He has also told that he’s taking a look at the code to find some crack. Notably, the new Petya malware is a data wiper […]
Short Bytes: Petya malware, which is being seen as WannaCry’s obvious successor, isn’t a ransomware. It actually disguises itself as one to lure media coverage. Instead, it’s a wiper malware which destroys your data in such a manner that the possibilities of the recovery of files are thin. Hence, even paying ransom won’t get your […]
Is Petya ransomware defective or too smart? Petya Ransomware is a nasty piece of malware that, unlike other traditional ransomware, does not encrypt files on a target system, one by one. Instead, Petya restarts victim computers and encrypts the hard disk master file (MFT), disabling the master boot record (MBR), limiting access to the entire […]
Short Bytes: A security researcher has found a fix for the latest Petya Ransomware attack. For now, you can vaccinate your system in seconds by creating a particular file. If Petya finds that file on the disk, it stops the encryption business. Please note that users need to create this file independently on each computer […]
Again Ransomware Back to Form !!! A Ransomware called “Petya” Attack Large Number of Countries across the Globe and it affecting a large number of banks, energy firms and other companies based in Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Britain, France,India,etc.. Few weeks Before Wannacry Ransomware performed Massive breaches across the world and now petya Ransomware threatens the […]
Short Bytes: After WannaCry, a new ransomware threat named Petya is here to haunt your computers. It has already affected a large number of countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany, etc. The malware uses the NSA’s Eternal Blue exploit, which was leaked by Shadow Brokers. The actors behind this threat are demanding $300 in bitcoins as […]
Today, we have encountered a new threat that’s a blast from the past. The Petya Trojan (detected by Kaspersky Lab products as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Petr) infects the MBR preventing normal system loading, and encrypts the Master File Table (MFT), an important part of the NT file system (NTFS), thus preventing normal access to files on the hard […]
Petya is different from the other popular ransomware these days. Instead of encrypting files one by one, it denies access to the full system by attacking low-level structures on the disk. This ransomware’s authors have not only created their own boot loader but also a tiny kernel, which is 32 sectors long. Petya’s dropper writes […]