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    • Emad RE
      Emad R
      last edited by Emad R

      It seems There will be many topics like this shortly, so heads up another Improved Ransomware that uses the same vulnerability of WannaCry

      Unlike Wannacry, this virus does not encrypt user files, but messes with MBR and boot partitions, and encrypt them just like TrueCrypt would encrypt quickly the first and last sector of a partition, making it look unrecognizable to the system. Thus making restoration of files difficult but not impossible. However its much faster to perform than encrypting user files which usually take some time.

      The Director of Global Research for Kaspersky Labs, Costin Raiu, reports that the ransomware has made the most impact in the Ukraine, with the Russian Federation coming in at second. Poland takes third place, followed by Italy and then Germany. The infection is obviously spreading actively, so this list may not be accurate for long. One hopes it will not morph into a global outbreak.

      UPDATE 5:45PM PST: As of this time, the network has hit the USA full force and is currently being covered on US news services. See the ABC news source for details.

      http://abcnews.go.com/International/massive-cyberattack-strikes-europe/story?id=48303592

      https://www.techpowerup.com/234719/several-critical-ukrainian-targets-hit-by-petya-ransomware-fear-of-outbreak

      It seems there is rest only for folks that uses Linux as Desktop

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        Yup. No worries here 🙂

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
          last edited by

          A stopgap fix here

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          • Emad RE
            Emad R @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403

            Thanks for the heads up, the bat script in that article seems like good vaccination method.

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            • brad_altnB
              brad_altn Vendor
              last edited by brad_altn

              Yup I woke up to the news of it this morning as people were still trying to determine if it's a new outbreak or a variant of an existing one. I just wrote a blog post on my company's site about how users and administrators can protect themselves.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                Petya hackers issue fresh ransom demand
                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40506616

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