The Petya ransomware |
In May, the WannaCry ransomware virus quickly spread around the world infecting hundreds of thousands of computers and locking their owners out of files. Now, it appears another piece of malware is infecting machines at scale.What is ransomware and how can you avoid it?
A new strain has reportedly taken Ukraine banks offline and locked government officials out of their computers, as well as infecting the systems of a Danish shipping company.
At present, reports about the malware have focussed on the impact on computers in Ukraine. But security researchers have said it is spreading quickly. Christiaan Beek, a lead scientist and principal engineer at McAfee, told WIRED the firm has seen infections in Spain, Germany and the UK.....[READ MORE]
A new strain has reportedly taken Ukraine banks offline and locked government officials out of their computers, as well as infecting the systems of a Danish shipping company.
At present, reports about the malware have focussed on the impact on computers in Ukraine. But security researchers have said it is spreading quickly. Christiaan Beek, a lead scientist and principal engineer at McAfee, told WIRED the firm has seen infections in Spain, Germany and the UK.....[READ MORE]
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