The third anniversary of the NotPetya ransomware attack has just passed. This was one of the most devastating cyber attacks recorded (as Digital Journal reported). It is thought that the total damages ...

Unleashed on June 27, 2017, NotPetya caused an estimated $10 billion in damages globally, among the costliest ransomware attacks in history. In 2018, the Trump administration—in tandem with the ...

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The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. -- ESET Research has discovered new ransomware samples, which it has named HybridPetya, resembling the infamous ...

Researchers have discovered a new malware strain that combines the destructive capabilities of NotPetya, the recoverable encryption functionality of Petya ransomware, and the ability to bypass Secure ...

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A newly identified ransomware strain called HybridPetya has appeared on the VirusTotal platform. Uploaded in February 2025, the sample showed under filenames suggesting a link to the destructive ...

In an unusual move, UK government officials accused Russia of unleashing the NotPetya ransomware attack on Ukrainian energy, financial and government centers, as part of ongoing tensions between those ...

The latest world-wide cyber event was touted as another Ransomware attack of the WannaCry variant. To reorient, WannaCry is a malware package in the Ransomware category. Ransomware is, typically, ...

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 ...