Pierluigi Paganini
September 13, 2025
HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to infect EFI partitions, echoing the infamous Petya/NotPetya attacks of 2016–2017. ESET researchers discovered a new ransomware called HybridPetya on the platform VirusTotal. The malware echoes the infamous Petya/NotPetya malware, supporting additional capabilities, such as compromising UEFI-based systems and exploiting CVE‑2024‑7344 to bypass UEFI Secure Boot on outdated systems. “Interestingly, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 06, 2024
Merck has resolved a dispute with insurers regarding a $1.4 billion claim arising from the NotPetya malware incident. Merck and its insurers have agreed with a $1.4 billion claim arising from the large-scale NotPetya cyberattack. Merck & Co., Inc., known as Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside the United States and Canada, is an American […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 20, 2020
The U.S. DoJ announced charges against six Russian intelligence officers for their role in several major cyberattacks carried out over the last years. The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against six members of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency for their alleged role in several major cyberattacks conducted over the past years. The defendants are Yuriy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2019
Zurich American Insurance Company is refusing to refund its client because consider the attack as “an act of war” that is not covered by its policy. The US food giant Mondelez is suing Zurich for $100 Million after the insurance company rejected its claim to restore normal operations following the massive NotPetya ransomware attack. On […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2018
The United Kingdon’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office formally accuses the Russian cyber army of launching the massive NotPetya ransomware attack. The UK Government formally accuses the Russian cyber army of launching the massive NotPetya ransomware attack. The United Kingdon’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office “attributed the NotPetya cyber-attack to the Russian Government.” According to the UK, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2018
A new report from MALWAREBYTES titled “Malwarebytes Annual State of Malware Report” reveals a rise of 90% on ransomware detection in business. The report brings to light new trends on hackers activities and threats especially the rise of ransomware as a tool of choice. Researchers from MALWAREBYTES had gathered an enormous amount of data from […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2018
The shipping giant Maersk chair Jim Hagemann Snabe revealed its company reinstalled 45,000 PCs and 4,000 Servers after NotPetya the attack. The shipping giant Maersk was one of the companies that suffered the NotPetya massive attack, in August 2017 the company announced that it would incur hundreds of millions in U.S. dollar losses due to the ransomware massive […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 14, 2017
The Security Service of Ukraine warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya that could take place between Oct 13 and 17 In June the NotPetya ransomware compromised thousands of businesses and organizations worldwide, most of them in Ukraine. Now, the Ukrainian authorities warning their citizens of a new “large-scale” cyber attack similar to NotPetya. The Ukrainian Secret […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2017
FedEx is the last firm in order of time that disclosed the cost caused by the massive NotPetya, roughly $300m in lost business and response costs. The malware compromised systems worldwide, most of them in Ukraine, the list of victims is long and includes the US pharmaceutical company Merck, the shipping giant Maersk, the Ukraine’s central […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 18, 2017
I’m proud to share with you the first report produced by Z-Lab, the Malware Lab launched by the company CSE CybSec. Enjoy the Analysis Report NotPetya. As most of you already know I have officially presented my new Co a couple of months ago, CybSec Enterprise is its name and we already started to work on […]
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