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Keeping up with the Petyas: Demystifying the malware family

July 14, 2017 admin Anti-Ransomware, cybercrime, EternalPetya, Goldeneye ransomware, green petya, janus, malware, Mischa ransomware, NotPetya, Petrwrap, petya origins, Petya ransomware, ransomware, red petya

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:29:04 +0000

Last June 27, there was a huge outbreak of a Petya-esque malware with WannaCry-style infector in the Ukraine. Since there is still confusion about how exactly this malware is linked to the original Petya, we have prepared this small guide on the background of the Petya family.

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Tags: Anti-Ransomware EternalPetya Goldeneye ransomware green petya janus Mischa ransomware NotPetya Petrwrap petya origins Petya ransomware ransomware red petya

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What is… phishing?

July 7, 2017 admin cybercrime, phishing, What is

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:07:20 +0000

Welcome to our What is… series, where we turn technical jargon into plain English. Phishing is the word used when a cybercriminal sends you some sort of electronic message to trick you into doing something insecure. The “fishing” metaphor refers to the idea of getting you on the hook and then reeling you in. The […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40299&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jYAVEhKpqOI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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All this EternalPetya stuff makes me WannaCry

July 6, 2017 admin attribution, cybercrime, decryption, DoublePulsar, EternalBlue, EternalPetya, EternalRomance, hasherazade, m.e.doc, malware, NotPetya, NSA, Petya, Petya ransomware, ShadowBrokers, WannaCry, WannaCrypt, WannaCryptor

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 18:15:09 +0000

Get more background on the EternalPetya ransomware. Learn about its origin, attribution, decryption, and the methods of infection and propagation.

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Tags: attribution decryption DoublePulsar EternalBlue EternalPetya EternalRomance hasherazade m.e.doc NotPetya NSA petya Petya ransomware ShadowBrokers WannaCry WannaCrypt WannaCryptor

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The key to old Petya versions has been published by the malware author

July 6, 2017 admin Chimera, Chimera ransomware, cybercrime, EternalPetya, Goldeneye ransomware, janus, malware, NotPetya, Petya, Petya ransomware, ransomware, teslacrypt

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:06:15 +0000

As research concluded, the original author of Petya, Janus, was not involved in the latest attacks on Ukraine. As a result of the recent events, Janus released his private key, allowing all the victims of the previous Petya attacks, to get their files back.

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Tags: Chimera Chimera ransomware EternalPetya Goldeneye ransomware janus NotPetya petya Petya ransomware ransomware teslacrypt