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The thread discusses a variant of Petya malware spreading around in 2017, which exploits the same vulnerability as WannaCry. Avast Software shares that their threat labs have blocked around 12,000 attacks using this exploit and emphasizes the importance of keeping Windows systems up to date for protection. A subsequent comment points out that this Petya variant functions more as a data wiper rather than true ransomware, since it does not store private keys for data recovery.
Avast Software

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A modification of the Petya ransomware is making the rounds today, and our threat labs shares information on the background of this variant, how it's infecting machines (the same exploit as WannaCry) and how to stay safe.

We've blocked ~12,000 malware attacks today utilizing this exploit and our threat team recommends -- along with keeping your security software fully active and up to date -- to also ensure that your Windows systems are fully patched and up to date.

Stay safe folks!
 

Neemobeer

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I think it's also important to note this variant of Petya isn't actually ransomware, since it doesn't save the private key the data is pretty much not retrievable, so it's more of a wiper.
 

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