Crooks are stealing code from the purveyors of Petya ransomware and using it to extort money from innocent victims, stiffing the creators of the malware out of the cut they are supposed to get. Rather ...

If you were affected by the latest global cyber attack that locked businesses out of their computer systems, here’s a tip: Don’t pay the Bitcoin ransom. You’ll be sorry if you do. “We guarantee that ...

Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program without paying money to cybercriminals. Petya appeared on researchers ...

It’s hard enough for non-technical users to deal with ransomware infections: understanding public-key cryptography, connecting to the Tor anonymity network and paying with Bitcoin cryptocurrency. A ...

You’ve heard of the duck test: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is one. Here’s the list of similarities that the recent attack shares with the ransomware already known as Petya, ...

Petya ransomware recently ramped up its encryption efforts, but an unidentified programmer has developed a tool that can crack the malware without payment, according to a BBC News report. The ...

A recently discovered ransomware strain called HybridPetya can bypass the UEFI Secure Boot feature to install a malicious application on the EFI System Partition. HybridPetya appears inspired by the ...

On the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attack last month, a new ransomware variant, Petya, hit organizations around the world on Tuesday and stopped them in their tracks—including a major law firm.

(MOSCOW) — Cybersecurity researchers have been racing to analyze the new ransomware that struck Tuesday, first hitting Ukraine in an avalanche of attacks before spreading to companies around the world ...

Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program without paying money to cybercriminals. Petya appeared on researchers ...