Bad Rabbit Season Ransomware

It’s Bad Rabbit Season: How to Prevent & Mitigate Ransomware Attacks

Botnet Detection, Cybersecurity, Malicious Detection

Like rabbits, ransomware seems to multiply at a prodigious rate.  The newest strain causing widespread damage dubbed Bad Rabbit, due to the TOR hidden service it directs victims to visit, appears to be based on the Petya ransomware and its’ variants, according to Cisco Talos. The campaign seems to have largely targeted Russia and Eastern Europe.

Top Four Tips to Mitigate Ransomware Attacks Like Petya

Internet Safety & Privacy, IoT Security Technology, Malicious Detection

by Eric Watkins, Senior Malicious Detection Researcher at zvelo Ransomware and malware attacks are not going to go away anytime soon, rather they are becoming increasingly more common. Last month we wrote about the malware ransomware campaign, WannaCry and now we’ll discuss yesterday’s ransomware campaign Petya which exploits another one of the many vulnerabilities released…