A new ransomware attack has occurred overnight, infecting banks and critical infrastructure in the Ukraine, a hospital in the US and even the Cadbury Chocolates factory in Australia.
(Symantec via Forbes.com)
DO NOT SEND ANY BITCOIN TO THE ADDRESS - THE EMAIL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TERMINATED - YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR FILES BACK
Symantec have labeled the ransomware NotPetya as it is a derivative of the Petya virus, but is much more advanced. This attack uses the same EternalBlue NSA hack, but is more resilient than WannaCry and could do a lot more damage.
NOTPETYA AFFECTS ALL WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEMS, INCLUDING WINDOWS 10
NOTPETYA ENCRYPTS YOUR FILES WHEN YOU BOOT UP YOUR COMPUTER.
IF YOU SEE THE DISK REPAIR SCREEN ON BOOT, POWER DOWN YOUR COMPUTER IMMEDIATELY.
Thanks to HackerFantastic on Twitter:
THE VACCINE
TO IMMUNIZE YOUR COMPUTER AGAINST THIS ATTACK, SIMPLY DOWNLOAD AND RUN THIS BATCH FILE
IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THIS, OR WOULD LIKE TO DO MANUALLY, FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS FROM BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM
