New Cyberattack Freezes Computers Across The Globe Jun 27, 2017
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The world's largest container shipping company confirmed that the threat had been contained yesterday (June 28, 2017), but APMT terminals still had to manually process containers due to IT systems still being affected by the cyber attack that targeted computers across the world on Tuesday (June 27, 2017). Jun 27, 2017 The program encrypts the computer, essentially locking the user out of files, folders and drives on that computer. In some cases, the entire network the. Another widespread cyber attack is causing massive disruptions around the world Tuesday. Published June 27, 2017 News FOXBusiness. Which spread rapidly across the world.
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Ransomware is causing severe problems for major critical infrastructure providers today. (Photo credit: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine’s government, National Bank, its transportation services and largest power companies are bearing the brunt of w hat appears to be a massive ransomware outbreak that’s fast spreading across the world and hitting a significant number of critical infrastructure providers. Whispers of abound, though some security experts said on Tuesday that a different breed, named Petya, was to blame. “We're seeing several thousands of infection attempts at the moment, comparable in size to WannaCry’s first hours,” said Kaspersky Lab’s Costin Raiu, who added that the infections are occurring in many different countries. Another firm, BitDefender, said it believed a similar strain called GoldenEye was responsible. Later, security firms, including Kaspersky and Avast, said the malware responsible was actually an entirely new ransomware that had borrowed Petya code. Regardless of the malware, the attacks are now global. Danish shipping and energy company Maersk reported a cyberattack on Tuesday, noting on its: “We can confirm that Maersk IT systems are down across multiple sites and business units due to a cyberattack.” Russian oil industry giant Rosnoft it was facing a “powerful hacker attack.” Major British advertiser WPP on Facebook it was also hit by an attack, while law firm DLA Piper also by hackers.
None of the companies offered specifics on the nature of those hacks. Attacks on the U.S. Pharmaceuticals company Merck extended to its to global offices, sources told Forbes.
Both phones and PCs were out of action at Merck’s Ireland offices, and employees were sent home. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the U.K. Subsidiary of Merck, confirmed its network was compromised. “We’re trying to understand the level of impact,” a spokesperson said. “We’re trying to operate as normally as possible.” Ukraine the main target The impact initially appeared to be most severe in Ukraine, with very few instances in the U.S., according to Kaspersky. The government organization managing the zone of the Chernobyl disaster fallout it had to switch radiation monitoring services on industrial sites to manual as they had to shut down all Windows computers.
Automated systems for the rest of the zone operated normally. The main Chernobyl plant website has also been closed. The ransomware outbreak has affected Ukraine and Russia the worst in its early stages. There were USA targets, however, Kaspersky said. Other victims included major energy companies such as the state-owned Ukrenergo and Kiev’s main supplier Kyivenergo. Government officials have reportedly sent images of their infected computers, including this from deputy prime minister Pavlo Rozenko, who later said the whole government network was down: Posted by the Deputy Prime Minister of, Pavlo Rozenko, This is what’s happening to government computers right now.
— Christian Borys (@ItsBorys) It appears on the images posted across social media, the ransomware note is in English and demands $300 in Bitcoin to unlock the files, a request similar to the WannaCry ransom. Ransomware encrypts files and requires payment for the keys to unlock them. A new -like massive attack on Russian and Ukrainian discovered. More countries expected — Group-IB (@GroupIBGIB) Going global A Ukrenergo spokesperson told Forbes power systems were unaffected, adding: “On June 27, a part of Ukrenergo’s computer network was cyberattacked.
Similarly, as it is already known with the media, networks and other companies, including the energy sector, were attacked. “Our specialists take all the necessary measures for the complete restoration of the computer system, including the official website.” The site remains down at the time of publication. The National Bank an “unknown virus” as the culprit, hitting several Ukrainian banks and some commercial enterprises. “As a result of cyberattacks, these banks have difficulties with customer service and banking operations,” a statement on the organization’s website read.
The deputy general director of Kiev’s Borispol Airport, Eugene Dykhne, said in a post: “Our IT services are working together to resolve the situation. There may be delays in flights due to the situation The official Site of the airport and the flight schedules are not working.” Kiev Metro, meanwhile, said in a Twitter alert that it wasn’t able to accept bank card payments as a result of a ransomware infection. It’s currently unclear whether the attacks are purely ransomware, or if myriad attacks are currently hitting various parts of Ukraine. Attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in 2015 and 2016 were believed to have been perpetrated by Russia, though the country denies all cyberattacks on foreign soil.
Though ransomware is typically used by cybercriminals, with WannaCry it was alleged a nation state was likely responsible for spreading the malware: North Korea. Cyber intelligence companies and the NSA believe with medium confidence that the nation used leaked NSA cyber weapons to carry out the attacks that took out hospitals in the U.K and infected hundreds of thousands of others.
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How the ransomware spreads Security researchers fear the latest outbreak is hitting systems via the same leaked NSA vulnerabilities used by WannaCry. Early of some of the ransomware samples confirmed that the malware creators used the so-called, which targeted a now-patched vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. What’s clear is, thanks to some added features in the malware, now being dubbed NotPetya. And while phishing emails were alleged to have been used, security experts and Ukraine’s cyber police believe a to become the source of the attack. This article was updated on June 28 to remove the claims of Belgium’s Computer Emergency Response Team, which said a separate Microsoft flaw was used to deliver attacks via malicious docs in emails.
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Staff monitor the spread of ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul on May 15. Picture: Getty Source:AFP A Qantas spokesman said it had confirmed the IT outage was not related to the Petya ransomware attack following an investigation today. “Qantas is one of multiple airlines worldwide currently experiencing issues with the Amadeus booking system,” the company said in a statement. “Flights are operating as scheduled.” Several Australian businesses have confirmed infections by the major ransomware attack, however, that caused international chaos. Qantas travellers could face flight delays.
Picture: AFP Source:AFP Australian businesses caught up in the attack include Hobart’s iconic Cadbury factory, as its parent company Mondelez confirmed its international network “is experiencing a global IT outage”. “Our global special situations management team is in place, and they are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible,” the company said in a statement. “We will update as we have more information.” Australian Cyber Security Minister Dan Tehan issued an urgent warning to small businesses this morning to update their cyber security. “We are aware of the situation and monitoring it closely,” Mr Tehan said.
“It appears to be the same vulnerability as WannaCry. “All businesses should immediately update their Windows operating system with the latest security patches and there are instructions on the to do this.”.
A new ransomware cyber attack has spread across the world. Source:Supplied Mr Tehan told News Corp Australia businesses had so far been mostly unscathed by the ransomware attack. “At this stage, it does seem that like the WannaCry incident the impact has been minimal in Australia but we’re closely monitoring the situation and we’ll continue to update the public,” he said at midday.
Mr Tehan said the impact in the majority of the Five Eyes countries had also been minimal. Five Eyes is an intelligence sharing network that includes Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US. A taskforce set up in response to the WannaCry incident will continue to brief the Cyber Security Minister and the Prime Minister over coming days. The new Petya ransomware — the name given to programs that hold data hostage by scrambling it until a payment is made — is a variant on malware first detected last year, and one that McAfee chief technology officer Raj Samani said was particularly nasty as it not only encrypted files but a computer’s master boot record, ensuring no one could retrieve their information without paying the criminals for a key. “This double stroke renders the disk inaccessible and prevents most users from recovering anything on it,” Mr Samani said.
‘SIMILAR TO WANNACRY’ The new ransomware is using the same vulnerability as WannaCry to spread, however — one that Microsoft issued a software patch to stop in May. The ransomware’s demand for $US300 (A$395) in Bitcoin is the same demanded by WannaCry, however this version doesn’t appear to incorporate the same mistakes, including a “kill switch” that security experts were able to use to limit its spread. Staff at the four Australian offices of law firm DLA Piper are unlikely to be able to use their computer network this morning, as the company confirmed it had been hit by the ransomware and was still in the process of restoring its systems. “The firm, like many other reported companies, has experienced issues with some of its systems due to suspected malware,” the company said in a statement. “We are taking steps to remedy the issue as quickly as possible.” The firm has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Dan Tehan has urged Australian businesses to take action. Picture: AAP Source:AAP The global ransomware attack will affect Australians booking courier services today after major service provider TNT Express confirmed its computer system had been breached by Petya. TNT Express Australia spokeswoman Rachel Mason said its customers were likely to experience “limited interruptions” to booking package pickups both today and tomorrow. “Like many other companies, we’re experiencing interference with some of our systems in the TNT network,” she said. She said the Netherlands-based company regretted inconvenience caused by outages.
Even if victims of the latest cyber attack pay Petya’s ransom, they may not be able to retrieve their information. The email address listed as a payment contact for the perpetrators was hosted with a German company which blocked access to it when its criminal use was discovered. May 15th 2017.
2 years ago. /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Network News/World/ “Our abuse team checked this immediately and the mailbox immediately blocked,” Posteo said in a statement. “We do not tolerate any misuse of our platform: the intermittent blocking of abused mailboxes is a normal procedure of providers in such cases. “At the time of the blocking, there was no reporting on the ransomware.” Their Bitcoin account had already attracted $6450 worth of Bitcoin.
Mr Tehan confirmed Australian authorities were in contact with intelligence partners in the Five Eyes network about the attack. He said the attack was a “wake-up call” to all Australian businesses to regularly backup their data and install the latest security patches. Businesses or call 1300 292371 (1300 CYBER1) if they have been infected. SOURCE OF ATTACKS A strain of the Petya ransomware was identified by Kaspersky Lab in March.
One recovered sample was compiled on June 18, suggesting the virus has been infecting machines for some time. A global ransomware attack has struck businesses.
Picture: iStock Source:istock Several multinational companies said they were targeted, including US pharmaceutical giant Merck, Russian state oil giant Rosneft, British advertising giant WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain. Robin Dargue, WPP’s group chief information officer, has notified agencies that a number of companies within the group have been hit with a ransomware virus. Danish shipping company Maersk said systems were down across multiple sites. The British National Cyber Security Centre said it was “aware of the global ransomware incident” and is “monitoring the situation closely”. “There have been indications of late that Petya is in circulation again, exploiting the SMB (Server Message Block) vulnerability,” the Swiss Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI) said in an email. Advertising agency WPP has also been hit by the cyber attack.
Picture: WPP Source:Supplied Ukraine’s prime minister said that a cyber attack affecting his country was “unprecedented,” but “vital systems haven’t been affected.” However, the radiation monitoring system at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear site has been taken offline after it was targeted in the attack, forcing employees to use hand-held counters to measure levels, officials said. The technological systems were working “as usual” at the plant that exploded in 1986, however. The attacks started around 2pm Moscow time (9pm AEST) and quickly spread to 80 companies in Ukraine and Russia, said cybersecurity company Group IB. A view of the 4th power block of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Chernobyl's radiation monitoring system has been affected by a cyber attack.
Picture: AFP Source:AFP The companies affected were hit by a type of ransomware that locks users out of the computer and demands purchase of a key to reinstate access, Group IB said. The cryptolocker demands $US300 in bitcoins and does not name the encrypting program, which makes finding a solution difficult, Group IB spokesman Evgeny Gukov said. Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Facebook that “our IT experts are doing their job and protecting critical infrastructure.
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The attack will be repelled and the perpetrators will be tracked down.” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko posted a picture of a darkened computer screen to Twitter, saying that the computer system at the government’s headquarters has been shut down.