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Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2017
The NotPetya ransomware is a Brick Through Your Windows

The recent global outbreak of the “NotPetya” malware has some very curious features that have left security officials puzzled. Despite the press coverage, NotPetya is not really a ransomware attack to hold your data hostage. It’s a killbot. Several information security specialists have pointed a finger directly at Moscow; citing circumstantial evidence the source of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 28, 2017
Petwrap Ransomware massive attack – 24 hours later

A new strain of the infamous Petya ransomware dubbed Petwrap, is infecting computers in different states, mostly in Ukraine and Russia. This is the second massive ransomware-based attack in a few weeks, like WannaCry, the Petwrap ransomware exploits the MS17-010 SMB Remote Code Execution, so-called Eternal Blue, that Microsoft patched in March 2017. Banks, financial institutions, businesses, […]