BitDefender Releases Free Petya Ransomware Vaccine

Tool decrypts endpoints victimized by the nasty ransomware that encrypts entire disks.

Because of a flaw in the encryption process used by the Petya ransomware, security researchers were able to reverse-engineer the malicious code and
create a vaccine,
that will enable victims to decrypt their infected endpoints.
Petya is a nasty new ransomware that encrypts not just files,
but the entire disk
. Instead of eating up memory and time by encrypting files individually, Petya installs itself like a bootkit and encrypts the filesystems master file table -- a much quicker method that leaves
no time to call for help
, F-Secure researchers said. Petya is vicious enough to have inspired federal authorities in both the US and Canada to issue advisories.
This is not the first time a security firm has released a tool that can decrypt endpoints that were locked by a particular strain of cryptoransomware. Last year, Ciscos Talos Labs developed such a
cure for TeslaCrypt
.
Download BitDefenders free Petya decryption tool
here
.
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