What is Petya virus? How to prevent Petya virus? What to do
Four seas network: NASA virus has just passed, and a new blackmail virus "Petya" has swept in. No matter from the attack ability or the scope of influence, the attack power of this new computer virus is no less than that of predecessors. At present, more than 60 countries have been recruited, even national banks and ATMs have been attacked, so what is Petya? How to prevent the new Petya virus? (this article is edited by four seas network.) The original link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/)
The new computer virus, which is considered as "Petya" blackmail virus by network security experts, has launched a new attack all over the world. According to foreign media statistics, more than 60 countries have reported "successful recruitment".
Reuters reported that the wave of computer virus began to spread from Ukraine on the 27th. Ukrainian government departments, the central bank, the state power company, the energy company, Kiev airport, the monitoring system of the Chernobyl nuclear accident isolation zone, the subway, telecommunication system, as well as some commercial banks, ATMs, gas stations and supermarkets were all affected.
The computer blackmail virus code named 'Petya' attacked Ukraine on the 27th, and experts said it was similar to the previous outbreak of 'wanna cry' blackmail virus.
Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao said that as of Tuesday, the reported victims of the virus included Maersk Group, the Dutch shipping giant, WPP group, the world's largest advertising and communication company, BNP Paribas, the largest French bank, Rosneft, the Russian Central Bank and the largest oil producer, Merck group, the US pharmaceutical company, jnpt, the largest container terminal in India, etc.
At least 12500 computers in 64 countries are infected with the new blackmail virus, the Daily Telegraph quoted Microsoft as saying. (this article is edited and collated by sihai.com, reprinted and noted with source, original link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/)
According to the analysis of Kaspersky laboratory in Russia, the victims of the virus attack are mainly in Ukraine and Russia, and 2000 attacks have taken place in North America.
It is reported that after the blackmail virus invades the computer, the malicious code will lock the file encryption and require a $300 bitcoin 'ransom' to unlock it. This is similar to the extortion of the 'wanna cry' virus that broke out last month, but it spreads faster and is more aggressive.
A network security expert said that many computers' want to cry 'when the virus strikes, timely repair the relevant vulnerability, the impact of the new virus may be reduced. But some experts argue that the new virus may cause data loss and hard to recover due to the use of more powerful cleaning software. (this article is edited and collated by sihai.com, reprinted and noted with source, original link: http://www.4hw.com.cn/life/)
The White House National Security Council, the U.S. Department of homeland security, the French national information system security center and Interpol all said that they are closely monitoring, investigating and analyzing this round of cyber attacks.
Europol set up an emergency coordination group and put forward five 'anti-virus' suggestions: update the application program and operating system in time; back up the data; use effective security tools to protect the computer system; do not use accounts with administrator authority in daily business; do not click suspicious attachments or links.