Update on Petya malware attacks

As happened recently with WannaCrypt, we again face a malicious attack in the form of ransomware, Petya. In early reports, there was a lot of conflicting information reported on the attacks, including conflation of unrelated and misleading pieces of data, so Microsoft teams mobilized to investiga...

Petya-like ransomworm: Leveraging InsightVM and Nexpose for visibility into MS17-010

A Petya-like ransomworm struck on June 27th 2017 and spread throughout the day, affecting organizations in several european countries and the US. It is believed that the ransomworm may achieve its initial infection via a malicious document attached to a phishing email, and then leverages the...

Petya Ransomware Lateral Movement Remote Code Execution

Petya is a malware that infects Windows computers, encrypting files and demanding ransom to decrypt the files. Once a network is infected the malware propagates laterally to further infect devices on the network...

Petya/NotPetya: What It Is, and What You Can Do Right Now

Just when we thought there were no more tears left in the wake of WannaCry, its time to pull out the tissues yet again for the latest global cyber incident: introducing "NotPetya," the most recent ransomware variant to creep across continents and affect companies across many industries. Please re...

Petya Ransomware: What You Need to Know

On Tuesday, a variant of the ransomware "Petya" began propagating in several countries across Europe. This new variant leverages the EternalBlue exploit used in WannaCry, and also takes advantage of misconfigured permissions to spread throughout the network. EternalBlue is a leaked exploit...

Petya-esque ransomware is spreading across the world

UPDATE 6/29/2017 1045 PST: According to information uncovered within Malwarebytes Labs, we have determined that this ransomware variant is coded to erase a unique and randomly generated key that is used to encrypt the MFT Master File Table. The destruction of the Salsa20 key makes it very unlikel...

‘Petya’ Ransomware Outbreak Goes Global

A new strain of ransomware dubbed "Petya" is worming its way around the world with alarming speed. The malware is spreading using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that the software giant patched in March 2017 -- the same bug that was exploited by the recent and prolific WannaCry ransomware...

Dealing with Petya

Akamai is aware of and is tracking the malware threat known as "Petya". Petya is ransomware spread using several methods, including PSexec, Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line WMIC, and the EternalBlue exploit used by the WannaCry family of ransomware. The malware spreads via port 139...

Massive Goldeneye Ransomware Attack Hits Users Worldwide

By Waqas Computer systems around the world have been hit with a new ransomware malware called Goldeneye, a variant of Petya ransomware. Its targets are governments and businesses; infecting computers and files to lock out users and demanding $300 in Bitcoin to regain access. Upon infecting a syst...

Petya Destructive Malware Variant Spreading via Stolen Credentials and EternalBlue Exploit

UPDATE July 21: FireEye continues to track this threat. An earlier version of this post has been updated to reflect new findings. On June 27, 2017, multiple organizations – many in Europe – reported significant disruptions they are attributing to a variant of the Petya ransomware, which we are...

Petya Destructive Malware Variant Spreading via Stolen Credentials and EternalBlue Exploit

UPDATE July 21: FireEye continues to track this threat. An earlier version of this post has been updated to reflect new findings. On June 27, 2017, multiple organizations – many in Europe – reported significant disruptions they are attributing to a variant of the Petya ransomware, which we are...

Protect Your Organization from Petya / NotPetya Ransomware with Carbon Black

Organizations from Russia to Britain were hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday in a hack with similarities to the recent WannaCry attacks. Initial analysis showed that the malware seen is a recent variant of the Petya ransomware family based upon how it encrypts files and displays its ransom not...

Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry

Join Kaspersky Lab and Comae Technologies Thursday June 29, 2017 at 10 a.m. Eastern time for a webinar “The Inside Story of the Petya/ExPetr Ransomware.” Click here to attend. The attackers behind today’s global ransomware outbreak are spreading the malware using a modified version of the leaked...

Second Global Ransomware Outbreak Under Way

Join Kaspersky Lab and Comae Technologies Thursday June 29, 2017 at 10 a.m. Eastern time for a webinar “The Inside Story of the Petya/ExPetr Ransomware.” Click here to attend. A global WannaCry-like ransomware outbreak–which began in Russia and Ukraine and spread across Europe–is being reported...

June 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Helen Keller” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 27, 2017 - Headlines 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across...

Petya Ransomware Malicious Host Detection

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Multiple Petya Ransomware Infections Reported

US-CERT has received multiple reports of Petya ransomware infections in many countries around the world. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users' access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Individuals and organizations are...

smb-vuln-ms17-010 NSE Script

Attempts to detect if a Microsoft SMBv1 server is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability ms17-010, a.k.a. EternalBlue. The vulnerability is actively exploited by WannaCry and Petya ransomware and other malware. The script connects to the $IPC tree, executes a transaction on FID 0 and...

Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 April 2017 Security Updates (Petya)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4015546 or cumulative update 4015549. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the open-source libjpeg image processing library due to improper handling of objects in memory. An...

Security Update for Microsoft Office Products (April 2017) (Petya)

The Microsoft Office application, Office Web Apps, or SharePoint Server installed on the remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook due to improper parsing of...