Fedex was one of the companies that announced last month that they were affected by the Petya un-ransomware (it operated like ransomware, but there was no decryption key, even if you paid the ransom). It is interesting that most of the time there is some sort of malware attack you do not get much information, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We have heard from two big name firms who succumbed to the recent Petya/NotPetya ransomware attack and they provide interesting insights into dealing with the attack. First a quick background. A week ago the world was coming to grips with a new ransomware attack. Initially called Petya because it looked like a strain of the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After the WannaCry Ransomware affected businesses in 150 countries last month, you would think that people would have learned. Apparently not. The Petya ransomware doesn’t encrypt files, it encrypts the whole disk. Unlike typical ransomware that picks selected files (like Word or Excel files), instead this ransomware replaces the Master Boot Record or MBR and […]
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