Bad Rabbit: New Ransomware Attack is spreading rapidly across Europe

A new widespread ransomware attack called Bad Rabbit is spreading rapidly throughout Europe and has already affected over 200 major organizations, mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Germany.

The "Bad Rabbit”(Translated as bad rabbit), behaves like Petya, carrying out targeted ransomware against corporate networks, demanding victims 0.05 bitcoin (about $285 dollars) as ransom to unlock their systems.

Σύμφωνα με μια πρώτη ανάλυση που παρέχεται από την Kaspersky, τo ransomware διανεμήθηκε μέσω ενός drive, χρησιμοποιώντας μία πλαστή έκδοση εγκατάστασης του Adobe Flash Player για να παρασύρει τα θύματα του στην εγκατάσταση του κακόβουλου .

However, ESET security researchers have been detected Bad Rabbit as “Win32/Diskcoder.D”, a new variant of Petya ransomware, also known as Petrwrap, NotPetya, exPetr and .

Bad Rabbit ransomware uses DiskCryptor, an open source encryption software for the entire hard drive, to encrypt the infected computer files with RSA 2048 keys.

In the ransom note that leaves the ransomware, as you can see in the photo, it asks the victims to log in to a Tor website to make the payment. The message displays a countdown of 40 hours before the ransom price rises.

Organizations affected so far include Russian news agencies Interfax and Fontanka, payment systems in the Kyiv metro, Odessa International Airport and Infrastructure of Ukraine.

Researchers continue Bad Rabbit's analysis looking for a way to decipher computers without paying ransom but also how to stop further spreading.

Kaspersky proposes to disable WMI to prevent the spread of malicious software over your network.

Most ransomware attacks are done via phishing emails, malicious ads on and through third-party applications. So, you should always be careful when opening unknown documents sent via an email or clicking on links within those documents.

Also, never download any third-party apps without reading the reviews.

We would suggest you read the comments even before installing apps from official stores. Always have a backup of your data through a routine that is set to copy to an external storage device that is not always connected to your computer. And of course, make sure you run a good, up-to-date and effective anti-virus program on your system.

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