Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss this week’s ExPetr global ransomware outbreak, how it was distributed, the wiper aspect, and similarities to 2016’s Petya ransomware.
![News in brief: Germany to levy €50m fines on social media; Facebook drone success; hacker offers Petya help News in brief: Germany to levy €50m fines on social media; Facebook drone success; hacker offers Petya help](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/07/b.gif)
News in brief: Germany to levy €50m fines on social media; Facebook drone success; hacker offers Petya help
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
![New Petya Distribution Vectors Bubbling to Surface New Petya Distribution Vectors Bubbling to Surface](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/background-05-e1661167538754.jpg)
New Petya Distribution Vectors Bubbling to Surface
Microsoft has made a definitive link between MEDoc and initial distribution of the Petya ransomware. Kaspersky Lab, meanwhile, has identified a Ukrainian government website used in a watering hole attack.
![‘Little Hope’ to Recover Data Lost to Petya Ransomware ‘Little Hope’ to Recover Data Lost to Petya Ransomware](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/background-05-e1661167538754.jpg)
‘Little Hope’ to Recover Data Lost to Petya Ransomware
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered an error in the ExPetr ransomware code that prevents recovery of lost data.
![Deconstructing Petya: how it spreads and how to fight back Deconstructing Petya: how it spreads and how to fight back](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/06/b-49.gif)
Deconstructing Petya: how it spreads and how to fight back
It’s been 24 hours since the outbreak first hit: here’s what we know now about how Petya behaves
![New Petya ransomware: everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) New Petya ransomware: everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/06/b-45.gif)
New Petya ransomware: everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)
Your questions about the new Petya ransomware answered – and your chance to ask us more.
![Second Global Ransomware Outbreak Under Way Second Global Ransomware Outbreak Under Way](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/background-05-e1661167538754.jpg)
Second Global Ransomware Outbreak Under Way
A massive ransomware outbreak is spreading globally and being compared to WannaCry.
![Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/background-05-e1661167538754.jpg)
Complex Petya-Like Ransomware Outbreak Worse than WannaCry
Today’s global ransomware attack is spreading via EternalBlue and through local networks using PSEXEC and WMIC.
![Petya variants behind the global ransomware outbreak: here’s what we know so far Petya variants behind the global ransomware outbreak: here’s what we know so far](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2017/06/b-42.gif)
Petya variants behind the global ransomware outbreak: here’s what we know so far
Here’s our advice as a new ransomware outbreak hits businesses around the world
![Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware](https://xploiter.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/10/background-05-e1661167538754.jpg)
Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware
Mobile ransomware attacks spike in the first quarter of 2017, growing three and a half times compared to the previous year.