WannaCry is the past. Now the world is paralyzing Petya ransomware

A month ago, the world has survived one of the world's largest cyberattack networks for hundreds of thousands of computers across the planet. The ransomware attack by the Trojan Horse paralyzed the work of hundreds of hospitals, courier companies, factories, government agencies, ordinary people and small businesses, blocking access to computer data and costing millions of dollars.

Now there is a much more dangerous ransomware called Petya. The most damage has so far been made in Ukraine, where it began to spread in the same way as WannaCry. He paralyzed the work of many enterprises, banking and telecommunications institutions, and caused difficulties in the operation of the largest airport in Ukraine and the Chernobyl power plant.

According to Snooze, one of the researchers discovered that Petya now uses the vulnerability MS17-010 (WannaCryt) and CVE-2017-0199. The code is currently paralyzing the biggest companies in the world, so we need to prepare for the worst. Probably WannaCry with him will be a trifle.

With the WannaCry attack, we anticipated and warned that this was only the beginning of this type of attack. The rapid spread of Petya is the best example. The government of Ukraine claims that it is a work of Russian Kremlin hackers, since the latest attacks are the biggest in the country's history and no one cares about it as much as Russia. However, Russian companies (including Rosneft) were also victims of this code.

So we have become the witness of a new global cyberwar explosion? All indications are that yes. Keep your eyes wide open, install the latest updates to your Windows (if you have not already done so), and be aware of what attachments you open in the mail.

Source: New York Times / Photo. Twitter / 360 Total Security