Many organisations in Europe and the US have been crippled by a ransomware attack called “Petya”. The awful software has spread through large companies, leading to PCs and data being locked ...

WannaCry: This ransomware attack hit banks in India and a few enterprises in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Mirai Botnet Malware ...

On Tuesday, a far-reaching cyber attack using a ransomware virus infamously-known as Petya targeted dozens of energy, telecoms and financial companies in Russia and Ukraine and then began to ...

These types of attacks are called Ransomware, and they use kernel-level exploits that attempt to run malware with the highest privileges, e.g., WannaCry and Petya ransomware. In order to mitigate ...

Kaspersky Lab is reporting that it’s believed the ransomware was a “new malware that has not been seen before” with a close resemblance to Petya. So as a result, the firm has dubbed it NotPetya.

Another piece of ransomware called Not Petya is responsible for what is often described as the most devastating cyber attack of all time. This one is estimated to have caused $10bn (£7.6bn ...

The company admitted today that the ransomware caused a 2.5 per cent decrease ... He added: "Cyber-attacks like Petya, NotPetya and WannaCry are hitting with increasing regularity while the ...