{"id":57382,"date":"2017-06-30T16:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T21:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=57382"},"modified":"2017-06-30T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T21:10:50","slug":"continuing-monitor-notpetya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/continuing-monitor-notpetya\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing to Monitor NotPetya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Latest Cyber Threat, NotPetya<\/h4>\n<p>The world was taken by storm, yet again, by a cyber attack. \u00a0Initial reports claimed it was another ransomware campaign; however, after additional research was done, it was found that was not the case. \u00a0The cyber weapon released, deemed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/29\/global-cyber-warfare\/\">NotPetya<\/a>, is a destructive form of malware. \u00a0It is designed to completely destroy data and by targeting the master boot record. \u00a0Unlike ransomware which encrypts data, and will release it upon payment, NotPetya simply corrupts files without the intent of recovering them.<\/p>\n<p>Although, this didn&#8217;t stop them from demanding a payment. \u00a0Users believed if they paid the ransom demand, their files would be recovered. \u00a0As stated above, this was not the case. \u00a0However, as of today 46 transactions have been tied to this attack and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.info\/address\/1Mz7153HMuxXTuR2R1t78mGSdzaAtNbBWX\">payments received exceed $10,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a vaccine available to help stop further encryption. \u00a0If you are not using PC Matic, you can access the vaccine <a href=\"https:\/\/eddwatton.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/27\/use-group-policy-preferences-to-deploy-the-notpetya-vaccine\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to prevent possible future infections.<\/p>\n<h4>How Does PC Matic Stack Up?<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cart.pcpitstop.com\/go.asp?id=504631\">PC Matic<\/a> will effectively block all malicious files associated with this cyber weapon. \u00a0It can also be confirmed, no PC Matic customers were infected with NotPetya. \u00a0The security solution has, and will continue to protect its customers from NotPetya, as well as other cyber attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Cyber Threat, NotPetya The world was taken by storm, yet again, by a cyber attack. \u00a0Initial reports claimed it was another ransomware campaign; 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