There have already been a lot of write-ups for the NotPetya malware. This article is just a supplement for what is already out there. Our focus is to highlight some key differences between a previous strain of the Petya ransomware and the malware that scared everyone a few weeks ago, which is now sometimes being referred to as NotPetya.
I posted a blog post a couple of months ago about the MBR (Master Boot Record) infected by Petya. I explained how the ransomware infected the boot process and how it executed its own kernel code. In this post,…
Article Link: https://blog.fortinet.com/2017/07/08/key-differences-between-petya-and-notpetya