PETYA ransomware doesn't encrypt files, it overwrites the MBR. Victims are attacked via spear phishing emails containing a malicious Dropbox...
8 months ago

New research from Recorded Future's Insikt Group focuses on the growing threat of a possible "mobile NotPetya" event.
7 months ago

This malware has been variously, and somewhat confusingly, referred to as Petya, GoldenEye, WannaCry2, NotPetya, PetrWrap and PetyaWrap.
89 months ago

A new Petya password generator has been created to let the users decrypt their hard drives without paying any ransom.
34 months ago

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of distributing the infamous Petya ransomware (Petya.A, also known as NotPetya)
87 months ago

First ransomware locked your desktop. Then it encrypted your files. Not long after, webservers, shared drives and backups were targeted.
104 months ago

Petya and NotPetya are two related pieces of malware that affected thousands of computers worldwide in 2016 and 2017.
85 months ago

A new strain of ransomware encrypts infected PC's Master File Table, thereby essentially locking a victim out of all of their files.
104 months ago

Companies have been crippled by global cyberattack, the second major ransomware crime in two months. We answer the key questions.
89 months ago

Researchers have agreed that the ransomware is a strain of Petya, leading to an array of names. Kaspersky Lab initially called it NotPetya.
89 months ago